Tuckahoe / Discovery / North Arlington elementary redistricting in 2026

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Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

Who wins 2 HBW and 2 lottery elementary schools? Something doesn’t fade up. You have connections or have an angel on your shoulder. Not representative

The choice school wasn’t ATS, and I believe that at the time it also had a sibling preference. As for HBW, that was pure luck.

So Campbell. Well yeah, dancing among the trees doesn’t fit tiger moms.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this has to be mothers who made all their friends through their kids' friends and are anxious about their grown up gaggle being broken up. I can see no other reason why people would be so over invested in this stuff. The kids are and will be fine. These are all great schools.

Why are you pooh poohing this? Finding community is important in a transient area.

+1. It is really gross how people on here discount the importance of community. Most of us are mercenaries who came here from elsewhere for the jobs and don’t have much family nearby. It doesn’t mean we’re not humans with real human needs. Community is really all we got.

If you can only find community in your kids' school, what are you going to do when they're out of APS? Follow them to the dorm?
Seriously, how about finding community in your neighborhood? That way, if boundaries change, you remain with your community via your children's neighborhood classmates who also move to the new school. Or, heaven forbid, you create an extended community based on your neighborhood and any schools your kids end up at over time, as well as other activities or organizations.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. This fall they are redrawing MS boundaries. They intend to send all of Tuckahoe to Williamsburg. Now you are saying they will take some of those planning units that move from Swanson to Williamsburg and rezone them to Cardinal?

How stupid is that?!

It appears that way. Or an even greater number of Discovery kids will be rezoned elsewhere to accommodate an even great number of Nottingham kids. Nottingham could effectively take over Discovery in this plan.

I can't imagine Discovery families will be too pleased to move out of their castle with a slide and into Jamestown and Taylor which are not so nice buildings.

Taylor.

Welcome to your new school without HVAC, electricity, or walls!

I thought it was community that was critical.

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Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

Who wins 2 HBW and 2 lottery elementary schools? Something doesn’t fade up. You have connections or have an angel on your shoulder. Not representative

The choice school wasn’t ATS, and I believe that at the time it also had a sibling preference. As for HBW, that was pure luck.

So Campbell. Well yeah, dancing among the trees doesn’t fit tiger moms.

What's the relevance of this comment? And why must you know which choice school? It doesn't make any difference. You just can't come up with a strong rebuttal or argument for your point of view; so you just deflect by focusing on irrelevant details.

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Anonymous wrote:We had four kids attend APS elementary schools. Two went all the way through the same school. Two went to three different schools, starting at one neighborhood school, switching to a choice school after we moved, then switching to the neighborhood school where we moved to after the choice school underwhelming us.

All four kids survived equally.

This is not a big deal.

That’s a lot of disruption you put your kids through. I guess they’re still alive, that’s all that matters right? That they’re alive.

Oh go f_ck yourself.

If the worst thing that happens to a kid is that they start off at a school like Nottingham and end up at a school like Tuckahoe they will have had a pretty damned good life.

Not PP but you did put your kids through a lot of schools. Glad it worked out well for you - not every child can deal with that amount of transition.

Oh spare me the drama. We moved from the first school after one finished kindergarten and the other first grade. We figured we’d try a choice school since we were moving anyway, but after a semester it was obvious that the choice school was no better than the new neighborhood school was reputed to be and we couldn’t justify the daily commute for the kids, so we pulled them sooner rather than later and enrolled them in the new neighborhood school. So they ended up there in the middle of first grade for one and the middle of second grade for the other and from there went all the way through.

Both ended up at HBW for middle and high school after that, so another 7 years in the same school.

They had zero issues adjusting when they were 6 and 7 and we were all just trying to figure things up. Believe me.

You people have the definition of White People Problems.

Who wins 2 HBW and 2 lottery elementary schools? Something doesn’t fade up. You have connections or have an angel on your shoulder. Not representative

The choice school wasn’t ATS, and I believe that at the time it also had a sibling preference. As for HBW, that was pure luck.

So Campbell. Well yeah, dancing among the trees doesn’t fit tiger moms.

Wasn’t Campbell either. You can keep guessing if you want, but I’m not gonna tell you.

And if I were a “Tiger Mom” I’d be one of you moms whining about kids switching schools. You got it backwards.

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Wake up Discovery, Cardinal and Tuckahoe!

Or you will be very unhappy later after NES closes and APS pushes your kids out of your schools or puts your kids in trailers to make room for the Notties.

Ignore this or gloat at your own peril.

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No one wants to join you Notties. You have shown your true colors. No school community trusts them. And no one want to be associated with your brand of clueless nastiness. See e.g., the Nottingham thread.

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to join you Notties. You have shown your true colors. No school community trusts them. And no one want to be associated with your brand of clueless nastiness. See e.g., the Nottingham thread.

Get ready because us Notties are about to be at all your precious neighborhood schools. We’re coming to your classrooms, your playgrounds, and your extended day (how you like them waitlists now?). And even going to join your PTA. Maybe we’ll even run it.

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to join you Notties. You have shown your true colors. No school community trusts them. And no one want to be associated with your brand of clueless nastiness. See e.g., the Nottingham thread.

Get ready because us Notties are about to be at all your precious neighborhood schools. We’re coming to your classrooms, your playgrounds, and your extended day (how you like them waitlists now?). And even going to join your PTA. Maybe we’ll even run it.

Cool - we'll have a lot more free time on our hands. Happy to have your resources!

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Discovery is all former Notties FYI.

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Anonymous wrote:Discovery is all former Notties FYI.

They seem to have been the nicer Notties. Sorry you may have to be rejoined by the ones in this discussion chain.

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Anonymous wrote:Discovery is all former Notties FYI.

They seem to have been the nicer Notties. Sorry you may have to be rejoined by the ones in this discussion chain.

Yes, families that live east of Harrison St have traditionally been way nicer than those that live west of Harrison.

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Maybe not traditionally. But certainly now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not traditionally. But certainly now!

Haha, yes it’s like the Korean DMZ. Dare not cross it!

[Anonymous]

Where do you all learn of these plans? I recognize this is a me problem, but I find it so hard to keep up with redistricting plans.