What did you think of the APS email sent out today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

[Anonymous]

It was somewhat schoolmarmish in tone. And still a bit oblivious to the fact that the population surge could have been handled much, much better years ago. Other than that, fine, yeah, whatever. Just redraw the boundaries and put Key in S Arlington somewhere, declare victory, and move on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

No, it wouldn't. McKinley desperately needs overcrowding relief, but Nottingham is already over capacity and Tuckahoe doesn't have enough capacity in their trailers to absorb it all. Jamestown is going to have to take some of Discovery so Discovery can take some of Nottingham and so on until the excess McKinley is absorbed. If they get rid of Jamestown, they have no place to put about 500 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was somewhat schoolmarmish in tone. And still a bit oblivious to the fact that the population surge could have been handled much, much better years ago. Other than that, fine, yeah, whatever. Just redraw the boundaries and put Key in S Arlington somewhere, declare victory, and move on.

Most of the current board wasn't there when those decisions were made, so there's no point in blaming them for what their predecessors did. All they can do make the best of the mess they inherited.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

No, it wouldn't. McKinley desperately needs overcrowding relief, but Nottingham is already over capacity and Tuckahoe doesn't have enough capacity in their trailers to absorb it all. Jamestown is going to have to take some of Discovery so Discovery can take some of Nottingham and so on until the excess McKinley is absorbed. If they get rid of Jamestown, they have no place to put about 500 students.

Key and ASFS going neighborhood will allow Taylor to take up plenty of Jamestown/Discovery. Montessori makes sense for Jamestown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

No, it wouldn't. McKinley desperately needs overcrowding relief, but Nottingham is already over capacity and Tuckahoe doesn't have enough capacity in their trailers to absorb it all. Jamestown is going to have to take some of Discovery so Discovery can take some of Nottingham and so on until the excess McKinley is absorbed. If they get rid of Jamestown, they have no place to put about 500 students.

Key and ASFS going neighborhood will allow Taylor to take up plenty of Jamestown/Discovery. Montessori makes sense for Jamestown.

Lol. Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

No, it wouldn't. McKinley desperately needs overcrowding relief, but Nottingham is already over capacity and Tuckahoe doesn't have enough capacity in their trailers to absorb it all. Jamestown is going to have to take some of Discovery so Discovery can take some of Nottingham and so on until the excess McKinley is absorbed. If they get rid of Jamestown, they have no place to put about 500 students.

Key and ASFS going neighborhood will allow Taylor to take up plenty of Jamestown/Discovery. Montessori makes sense for Jamestown.

Lol. Good luck with that.

Montessori hybrid for Jamestown. Let Jamestown walkers walk and bus riders go to other schools.

[Anonymous]

Montessori needs to be central and on easy transportation routes to support ED families. 2/3 of the Montessori preschool is ED. Also must have easy public transportation.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

No, it wouldn't. McKinley desperately needs overcrowding relief, but Nottingham is already over capacity and Tuckahoe doesn't have enough capacity in their trailers to absorb it all. Jamestown is going to have to take some of Discovery so Discovery can take some of Nottingham and so on until the excess McKinley is absorbed. If they get rid of Jamestown, they have no place to put about 500 students.

Key and ASFS going neighborhood will allow Taylor to take up plenty of Jamestown/Discovery. Montessori makes sense for Jamestown.

Lol. Good luck with that.

Montessori hybrid for Jamestown. Let Jamestown walkers walk and bus riders go to other schools.

Okay, but then South Arlington has to take Key. That will still leave North Arlington more crowded than South Arlington, but at least we're talking around 107%-104% rather than 116%-94%.

[Anonymous]

Wonder how long it will take for someone to blame Nottingham for Reed potentially being postponed in favor of a fourth comprehensive high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montessori needs to be central and on easy transportation routes to support ED families. 2/3 of the Montessori preschool is ED. Also must have easy public transportation.

Posters say this for virtually every option school. It is simply not possible without crazy boundaries and increasing busing, something we cannot afford and completely unfair to families who attend neighborhood schools (and my kids are in MS so none of this effects them).

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Anonymous wrote:Probably an unpopular view:

I think some parents lack any kind of comprehensive vision beyond their own self-interest and they are incredibly entitled and often don't have all the information. Which they do not let stop them from taking on an accusatory, toxic, and paranoid tone. And unfortunately, this shrieking minority dominates the dialogue.

In that environment, I would not want to be an APS staff person or an APS School Board member. A thankless job.

So, I think the email was fine and said some things that needed to be said, but as this thread shows, it won't make a bit of difference to the generally toxic discourse.

And yes, I have children affected by all this.

What school are you at?

I am at a school that has been tossed out as a potential option school. That's all I'm giving.

Let me guess...no matter what you will not end up at a school with 60%+ FARMS? So it doesn't really impact you. One lily white school to another...crawl back into your McMansion lady.

There is no need to be racist, lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montessori needs to be central and on easy transportation routes to support ED families. 2/3 of the Montessori preschool is ED. Also must have easy public transportation.

Montessori isn’t needed at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so if Reed gets delayed, are they planning to delay the entire Elementary boundary /option-moving process?

No, because they still would need to do boundaries for Fleet, and they still would have to deal with schools like ASFS, McKinley and Oakridge that are massively overcrowded. Plus, if they do a fourth high school they may need to find a new home for Montessori in this process because Henry would come down a lot sooner than originally thought. No Reed would mean that NW is off the table for an option program, because it'll have a significant seat deficit without Reed.

North Arlington would have room for Montessori at Jamestown.

That isn’t happening, no matter how many times you repeat it. It isn’t even in the mix.