APS middle school boundary process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really hope the 2 or 3 or 5 nasty N Arlington posters on this thread are outliers. As a resident of Arlington, in the Southside, it makes me give my N Arlington friends and acquaintances the side eye as I wonder if this is really what they think of my choices, kids, socioeconomics, poverty, etc... so disheartening

No one questions your decision not to be economically successful. But you made that decision and now you should be accountable for that decision. Instead, you are trying to get the benefits of nice schools that were created by people who made a different decision than you at the expense of their kids — they decided to be economically successful. The problem is that YOU are not respecting THEIR choices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

Cheap talk. You know darn well you won't get moved to Kenmore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

Nice. Looks like DH has a reasonable alternative supported by Lyon Village... an area that has to be bussed everywhere and cannot walk like DH. There you go.
We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

Cheap talk. You know darn well you won't get moved to Kenmore.

But but but they're south of 66. Lol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

Cheap talk. You know darn well you won't get moved to Kenmore.

Doesn't change the fact that we'd be fine with it. We know several people there who all have had good experiences there. Honestly, I'd prefer Kenmore over Williamsburg. Between the drugs and the open racism at YHS I'd hesitate to send my kids up there. Swanson and presumably Stratford seem like ok options too.

That said, I'm big on walk zones and I'd push that any kid within at least 1/2 mile of a school shouldn't get bused to another school. The new ASFS boundary should reflect that.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, let's make a list of all planning units that are south of 66, whose PUs will not touch a middle school, and who the SB has NOT proposed bussing to Kenmore. That would be a pretty powerful expose on the rich people that SB is catering to with their proposal to bus DH residents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

Cheap talk. You know darn well you won't get moved to Kenmore.

Doesn't change the fact that we'd be fine with it. We know several people there who all have had good experiences there. Honestly, I'd prefer Kenmore over Williamsburg. Between the drugs and the open racism at YHS I'd hesitate to send my kids up there. Swanson and presumably Stratford seem like ok options too.

That said, I'm big on walk zones and I'd push that any kid within at least 1/2 mile of a school shouldn't get bused to another school. The new ASFS boundary should reflect that.

This is the worst group - the wealthy whites who know damn well the SB isnt going to send their kids to Kenmore and so can say things like this and that they hesitate over Williamsburg and Yorktown. You know their kids will attend both of those schools w/o hesitation despite the feigned concern over racism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ahh yes what PUs will the MM and DH whiners sacrifice to the SB gods? This is turning out to be a real nail-biter. Let's make Arlington Great Again!

Hmm, maybe they'll rightfully suggest planning units that don't touch Swanson. You guys are ridiculous to be stating that PUs touching Swanson should be bussed. But please continue posting your sophomoric commentary about whining ; it will only make the affected PUs look more reasonable. Please, keep it up.

No scenario that raises the farm’s numbers at TJ or Kenmore is going to make you guys look reasonable.

Keep it up. You are advocating bussing PUs that touch Swanson to another school. You look ridiculous. Please, keep advocating for that as the best solution.

You are really cute...bottom line is that these families bought houses that are between an interstate, county border and close enough to walk to another middle school. Buying in this area was risky and it doesn't look good no matter how you try to try to sugarcoat it. The great thing is that since they closed the 7-11 in Westover, now the DH and MM kids can get Slurpee's at the 7-11 across the street from Kenmore.

Mark your calendar for the Kenmore STEAM open house October 30th 7-8pm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, when you all disparage busing, why is it OK to have all of these Williamsburg and what used to the Yorktown islands? Those kids were bused. Why isn't it acceptable to have islands in other parts of town? Like an island around the western end of Columbia Pike? The low income community is large enough to provide a substantial cohort to Williamsburg so no one would feel isolated. Kids south of the Pike are bused all the way to Gunston, so Willimasburg probably isn't any further.

PPs here. Sounds like a great idea to me. Just keep a mile walking perimeter around schools and bus in whoever. How hard is it to understand that some of us want to freaking walk to close by schools. Bus in as many other kids as you want.

Lady, you sound frantic. You need to calm down. Even if they do move your pu to Kenmore, it’s not the end of the world. Your kids will be ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to the hand because whatever DH and MM come up with will be summarily dismissed by the SB. South of an interstate....

Again, you are showing your stupidity. Lyons Village is also south of interstate 66, as are many other planning units. They are not being bussed to Kenmore. Please, do keep it up. I'm loving it. The me you talk, the more ignorant you look about everything, including geography.

Speaking of which, it's Lyon Village.

Nice. I'm sure Lyon Village would be on board to be bussed to Kenmore instead. After all, Stratford is across 66 and Lee highway. See how that looks? Seriously, keep it up.

We are in Lyon Village and wouldn't have a problem sending our kids to Kenmore. We have friends with kids there who love it. Personally, I was hoping our kids would have had a MS in Rosslyn so the kids could walk. Since that's not happening and they will be on a bus now anyway I'd be fine with Kenmore or Stratford.

Cheap talk. You know darn well you won't get moved to Kenmore.

Doesn't change the fact that we'd be fine with it. We know several people there who all have had good experiences there. Honestly, I'd prefer Kenmore over Williamsburg. Between the drugs and the open racism at YHS I'd hesitate to send my kids up there. Swanson and presumably Stratford seem like ok options too.

That said, I'm big on walk zones and I'd push that any kid within at least 1/2 mile of a school shouldn't get bused to another school. The new ASFS boundary should reflect that.

This is the worst group - the wealthy whites who know damn well the SB isnt going to send their kids to Kenmore and so can say things like this and that they hesitate over Williamsburg and Yorktown. You know their kids will attend both of those schools w/o hesitation despite the feigned concern over racism.

Wrong. And why do you assume we're white?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really hope the 2 or 3 or 5 nasty N Arlington posters on this thread are outliers. As a resident of Arlington, in the Southside, it makes me give my N Arlington friends and acquaintances the side eye as I wonder if this is really what they think of my choices, kids, socioeconomics, poverty, etc... so disheartening

No one questions your decision not to be economically successful. But you made that decision and now you should be accountable for that decision. Instead, you are trying to get the benefits of nice schools that were created by people who made a different decision than you at the expense of their kids — they decided to be economically successful. The problem is that YOU are not respecting THEIR choices.

Yes. Exactly. You assume that people living in south Arlington are not as "economically successful" as you because if they were, they would have bought in the same zip code? It's just not true. People make different choices. It's one school system. You didn't "create nice schools." You bought a house in a school boundary with a lot of other high income people. Other people, who may even have more money than you, bought houses in a school boundary with a mix of incomes.

If you want to control what kind of school environment your kid has, use your money to go private. Otherwise, you get what the community decides.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really hope the 2 or 3 or 5 nasty N Arlington posters on this thread are outliers. As a resident of Arlington, in the Southside, it makes me give my N Arlington friends and acquaintances the side eye as I wonder if this is really what they think of my choices, kids, socioeconomics, poverty, etc... so disheartening

No one questions your decision not to be economically successful. But you made that decision and now you should be accountable for that decision. Instead, you are trying to get the benefits of nice schools that were created by people who made a different decision than you at the expense of their kids — they decided to be economically successful. The problem is that YOU are not respecting THEIR choices.

Yes. Exactly. You assume that people living in south Arlington are not as "economically successful" as you because if they were, they would have bought in the same zip code? It's just not true. People make different choices. It's one school system. You didn't "create nice schools." You bought a house in a school boundary with a lot of other high income people. Other people, who may even have more money than you, bought houses in a school boundary with a mix of incomes.

If you want to control what kind of school environment your kid has, use your money to go private. Otherwise, you get what the community decides.

Pretty sure pp was a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahh yes what PUs will the MM and DH whiners sacrifice to the SB gods? This is turning out to be a real nail-biter. Let's make Arlington Great Again!

Hmm, maybe they'll rightfully suggest planning units that don't touch Swanson. You guys are ridiculous to be stating that PUs touching Swanson should be bussed. But please continue posting your sophomoric commentary about whining ; it will only make the affected PUs look more reasonable. Please, keep it up.

No scenario that raises the farm’s numbers at TJ or Kenmore is going to make you guys look reasonable.

Keep it up. You are advocating bussing PUs that touch Swanson to another school. You look ridiculous. Please, keep advocating for that as the best solution.

You are really cute...bottom line is that these families bought houses that are between an interstate, county border and close enough to walk to another middle school. Buying in this area was risky and it doesn't look good no matter how you try to try to sugarcoat it. The great thing is that since they closed the 7-11 in Westover, now the DH and MM kids can get Slurpee's at the 7-11 across the street from Kenmore.

Mark your calendar for the Kenmore STEAM open house October 30th 7-8pm.

OH, OK. So now your argument is that even though I bought a house 2 blocks away from Swanson, I shouldn't be able to go there because I don't live in a desirable enough neighborhood and that an interstate is nearby? An interstate is by the whole N. Arlington area. Your argument makes no sense. Please, keep it up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really hope the 2 or 3 or 5 nasty N Arlington posters on this thread are outliers. As a resident of Arlington, in the Southside, it makes me give my N Arlington friends and acquaintances the side eye as I wonder if this is really what they think of my choices, kids, socioeconomics, poverty, etc... so disheartening

No one questions your decision not to be economically successful. But you made that decision and now you should be accountable for that decision. Instead, you are trying to get the benefits of nice schools that were created by people who made a different decision than you at the expense of their kids — they decided to be economically successful. The problem is that YOU are not respecting THEIR choices.

Yes. Exactly. You assume that people living in south Arlington are not as "economically successful" as you because if they were, they would have bought in the same zip code? It's just not true. People make different choices. It's one school system. You didn't "create nice schools." You bought a house in a school boundary with a lot of other high income people. Other people, who may even have more money than you, bought houses in a school boundary with a mix of incomes.

If you want to control what kind of school environment your kid has, use your money to go private. Otherwise, you get what the community decides.

Pretty sure pp was a troll.

I sure hope so. Sweet heavens. Everyone needs to take it down like 5,000,000 notches.