Who said there isn't a North-South divide?

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

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It isn’t the low SES in SA complaining about FARMs rates.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

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^^ My comment was to the “just brilliant” PP and obviously not to the PP under which I responded.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

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Randolph is ? filled by walkers. There isn’t room for all the kids that option now. If those kids started attending the school would be at 150% easily and still be over 50% farms. There is no easy solution to fix it. Besides resonant if Fleet is only looking at Drew and HB realistically. S Arlington is screwed not just by FARMS rate but also because they need another school. Henry becomes Montessori and Gleet becomes Henry but it doesn’t provide a enough new seats in S Arlington.

Also everyone commenting on locations should at least drive around to those schools before they spout off on who should go where.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Dp- see here you idiot. The houses in DP and Alcova have appreciated at the same rate ( possibly more) than homes zoned Henry in The last couple of years. Find a new talking point, this is one doesn’t work.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Hey genius, Oakridge is 22206. And, genius, people buying in Douglas Park always had the risk of being redistricted away from Henry since Randolph sits closer walking distance away. This is the problem with parents when it comes to boundaries. They seem to believe school zoning conveyed with the property they bought.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Hey genius, Oakridge is 22206. And, genius, people buying in Douglas Park always had the risk of being redistricted away from Henry since Randolph sits closer walking distance away. This is the problem with parents when it comes to boundaries. They seem to believe school zoning conveyed with the property they bought.

And they think some Jamestown parent should be chomping at the bit to bail them out of their investment gone wrong.

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When Alcova gets zoned to Fleet, our problems will be solved and I can stop reading this! Woo!

Or Barcroft as an option school - then we'll all choose to be there, and it will be great!

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Hey genius, Oakridge is 22206. And, genius, people buying in Douglas Park always had the risk of being redistricted away from Henry since Randolph sits closer walking distance away. This is the problem with parents when it comes to boundaries. They seem to believe school zoning conveyed with the property they bought.

Thanks for pointing that out! In that case, the north should be similarly unconcerned about boundaries, option schools, etc. since zoning doesn’t convey. Oh, wait.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Hey genius, Oakridge is 22206. And, genius, people buying in Douglas Park always had the risk of being redistricted away from Henry since Randolph sits closer walking distance away. This is the problem with parents when it comes to boundaries. They seem to believe school zoning conveyed with the property they bought.

And they think some Jamestown parent should be chomping at the bit to bail them out of their investment gone wrong.

Are you too stupid to read any article written about Arlington real estate over the last 2 years? 22204 has been the best investment. Find another talking point, this one doesn’t work.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people would take this all more seriously if it wasn’t coming from a bunch of privileged UMC people who have lots of options available to them but are refusing to compromise.

What compromises would you suggest they make?

Hmm, they could go to school with the other families in their community. Or they could move a little further out if they want a different kind of community for their money.

And then no one stays, so the ED kids are kept separate. Great plan!

Honestly, if that happened I'd be a lot more open to putting additional resources into balancing schools because at least it would be going to help people who really don't have many alternative options. Right now all we really hear is a bunch of UMC people who bought in neighborhoods they don't want to actually associate with and now want other people to make educational sacrifices in order to bus those UMC kids out of their own neighborhoods to more "acceptable" ones. They don't care about fixing their local schools, they just want out at someone else's expense.

All these pages and still so ignorant. You depress me.
Schools like Randolph don’t have now, nor will they ever have a balance. So middle class familes make other plans. It will take intervention from APS and the County board. But who cares! Just as long as you get yours...

Randolph certainly will never have balance if UMC families refuse to stay there. If it's not good enough for you, why should it be good enough for someone else just because they live even further away? No one believe this little sob story you have going about how you're doing the neighborhood a favor by deigning to live there while fighting tooth and nail to avoid being a part of it.

It’s not my school you freaking idiot...
How many pages are we at now and you still don’t understand the numbers? The data? The geography?
It doesn’t matter if the UMC families stay. Even if they ALL stay, it doesn’t matter. It’s not enough to balance demographics. Never mind. Please keep your kids uptown. They will need every advantage they can get. Bless their hearts.

Ah, the righteous indignation of people who demand more of others than they are willing to do themselves...

But, but, but the parents from N. Arlington are Democrats and Progressives and fully supportive of diversity and AH (provided it's not in their schools and in their neighborhoods...)

If they were really progressive they would bail out SA homeowners who aren't getting the ROI they anticipated.

And that’s what this is really about. Some people thought they were just brilliant, buying early in what they expected to be an up-and-coming neighborhood where their home values were going to start skyrocketing any day now. But the gamble didn’t pay and now they want someone else to.

22204 has seen the greatest appreciation in all of Arlington over the last few years. Maybe try a conservative talking point with a little more reality and truth next time.

My appreciation in 22204 has been just fantastic, but thanks for the condescension. However, I’ll sell (hopefully to someone unsuspecting and not following this nightmare) if my neighborhood gets zoned from Fleet to Drew or Randolph.

Hey genius, we’re talking about people who bought in Randolph and similar. The people at Henry and Oakridge aren’t the ones throwing temper tantrums about APS not giving them enough avenues to escape their failing neighborhood schools. I know it’s hard to imagine that everything isn’t all about you, but try.

Hey genius, Oakridge is 22206. And, genius, people buying in Douglas Park always had the risk of being redistricted away from Henry since Randolph sits closer walking distance away. This is the problem with parents when it comes to boundaries. They seem to believe school zoning conveyed with the property they bought.

And they think some Jamestown parent should be chomping at the bit to bail them out of their investment gone wrong.

Are you too stupid to read any article written about Arlington real estate over the last 2 years? 22204 has been the best investment. Find another talking point, this one doesn’t work.

So true - if you plan your reno right, you can even get 100% return on the investment.

22204 has changed so much. Now it's time for APS to work on our schools.

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What's the source for the home appreciation data? Curious to see how it compares across the county.