APS Boundary tool--anyone get it to work yet?
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Anonymous
My point is that the IB program has evolved into a boutique offering. Neither W-L nor Yorktown need anything other than high test scores provided by their local demographics to make their schools appealing and high-performing. The people who want to take advantage of IB should be the ones to make sacrifices for it (ie apply and travel) rather than displacing neighborhood kids or overcrowding the school. |
Anonymous
You aren't taking account of all of the county's "tools" for maintaining affordable units, that includes market rate. You also aren't taking into account secondary affects. It's cool that you have a bleeding heart, but you are incorrect on this. |
Anonymous
I don't necessarily disagree, but if you want to move it to relieve overcrowding, I'm not sure it would help. |
Anonymous
::Waves:: Was it the Judge Judy quote that gave it away? It was the Judge Judy, right? Damn I love that lady. |
Anonymous
+1000 - best post of the day |
Anonymous
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I sent my proposed map in. I relieved W-L crowding mostly by moving planning units to Yorktown. The only planning units I moved to Wakefield had fewer than 10 economically disadvantaged students in them. I managed to get into the green for all 3 schools for all years, except the first year at Wakefield remained yellow.
I also tried to keep the current walk zones intact, but I ignored the new 1.5 mile circles. While I 100% agree that high school students should be able to navigate 1.5 miles without a school bus, the reality is that if 1.5 miles is the standard in a county as small as Arlington, it becomes almost impossible to move *any* students. I reluctantly checked that "diversity" was one of my most important goals. Reluctantly, because I don't want "diversity" to be read as "more kids of color at Yorktown." Frankly, I think diversifying Yorktown needs to take a backseat to the much more important goal of *not* concentrating low-income students in one high school. I explained this in the comment box, but who knows whether these will comments will actually be read by anyone. I also checked the "proximity" box as important but noted in the comment my concern about moving to a 1.5-mile standard. I also asked in the comment box why some of the planning units could be moved only to Yorktown and others only to Wakefield, since it might be easier to balance low-income students if there was more flexibility. And finally, I commented that we need a fourth comprehensive high school on the VH parcel. I wrote it in all caps--think that makes a difference? 
If it matters, I live in a W-L planning unit that is not being considered for reassignment. |
Anonymous
Here's what I did:
You have to first change a lot of the southern planning units to Wakefield, THEN you can change them to Yorktown. I'd love to keep 3706, 3510, 3509, 3507 in W-L but it won't let me. I'm trying my best to do the SES distribution the NIMBYs in the far north and the county board WILL NOT DO with the unfair distribution of poverty on the west end of the Pike and around Ballston. |
Anonymous
| Are you for real?? Those 4 planning units you are sending to Wakefield contain literally hundreds of students receiving free and reduced lunch. This increases poverty at Wakefield, leaves W-L wealthier and does nothing to Yorktown. Where exactly do you live? |
Anonymous
Ugh, +1 As other posters have pointed out, your map doesn't have to be all green for it to be accepted. Some yellow will go through. That may solve the problem, unless you are being disingenuous about "would love to" keep those high-FARMS units at W-L. |
Anonymous
Just want to note that this is a different poster from 12:04. |
Anonymous
Taking another look at 13:39's map, I can see where you might have thought this would be somewhat balanced demographically, as the units by Hoffman-Boston have moderate FARMS rates. The western pike is was more FARMS-heavy though, and trends would suggest it will remain so (if not increase) while the Hoffman-Boston area may or is already starting to improve. |
Anonymous
What do you mean? I was able to keep those 4 units in W-L. Just don't extend the Yorktown boundary down so far. Keep 3504, 3505, and 3508 in W-L and 3706, 3510, 3509, and 3507 can stay, too. I moved 1302, 1304, 1303, 3501, 3502, and 3503 to Yorktown and also extended the Yorktown island to include 4899, 4818, 4816, and 4829. I moved 1202, 1203, 4606, 4695, and 4604 to Wakefield. |
Anonymous
| I know its already been said before, but the arguments above show you really have to make a choice between the 1.5 mi walk zones and de-segregation goals... |
Anonymous
WL at 90% while YT at 110% and WF 107% in SY2020? what are you gonna do with those empty 250 seats at WL? |
Anonymous
| How about moving everyone west of GM Dr btw Lee and Col to YT but move the island to WF? Going vertically instead horizontally? |