APS elementary planning initiative called off

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Anonymous wrote:What's really interesting is that if you just read the comments in this thread without knowing what actually happened in the election, you get the impression the Cherrydale people flocked to the meeting to vote out Rosslyn people and get a Cherrydale-centered PTA board that would push for a walk zone. In reality, it appears that it was Rosslyn people who flocked to the meeting to vote out Cherrydale-area board members in favor of Rosslyn people.

A Cherrydale centered PTA with participants who did not have students attending the school.

Further, that Cherrydale focused PTA were lottery parents; do think of the Rosslyn PTA members were advocating to the school board to remove lottery families, there would not have been a similar response?

Isn't that what Rosslyn PTA members want to do now? From what I've read on this thread, they seem to hate them all and want them removed from the school?

Very likely that is what they want now, but its a response to the pre-emptive actions from Cherrydale community members making space for themselves at the expense of current Rosslyn students. A bit different; Rosslyn parents were part of the group recommending the Buck site, which is an inclusive approach to make space for all who want to attend their neighborhood school.

Absolutely incorrect. The whole Buck idea was originally thought of and advocated for those who live near the school. They were advocating to expand the school onto Buck last year during the Options and Transfer process, before the Rosslyn folks even understood what was going on. The fact is the Rosslyn/Courthosue crew is an angry and vindictive group who have said and done some really nasty things to several really good people. These same people who were ironically advocating for them. So sad.

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https://commissions.arlingtonva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/Buck-May-3-Notes.pdf

Exactly they were advocating expanding the space for themselves — to accelerate the adoption of a walk zone. When that tied turned, it was the complaints about traffic and Rosslyn is already going on a bus, so send them to Taylor. We are just saying put the breaks on adding to an overcapacity school until 2021 when the system will have a clearer picture. If you add the Cherrydale walkzone, there isn’t space and someone has to be pushed out — do Cherrydale residents all hate Taylor this much to go to this lengths ; it isn’t like when they moved here they didn’t know the zoned school. Just be patient and chill.

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You will get your walkable school, Cherrydale. Can you just chill until we can all work it out?

You realize that your actions caused the (over)reaction from Rosslyn?

“Baby, I only hit you ‘cause you made me do it.”

Spousal abuse, what a tasteful and appropriate analogy

Don't use abusive language and people won't be able to call you out on it.

Abusive language? What are even talking about? Telling someone to chill is abuse?

Look at the post it was responding to.

Um seriously, where is abusive language? Can you italicize?

No one is responsible for someone else’s (over)reaction. The Rosslyn people are responsible for their own behavior (as are the Cherrydale people). Trying to use the poor behavior of the Rosslyn community to keep Cherrydale under their thumb is inappropriate. Be better than that.

I posted that comment. Both neighborhoods should be ashamed of their actions. Cherrydale did start the open hostility though so they get a little extra blame.

Pretty shitty way for you all to treat other parents in your own community.

Agreed there are some pretty awful parents who should be ashamed of themselves. How did Cherrydale start hostility? Seems that the LV folks started it with the swap idea. Cherrydale opposed the swap. Then somehow the Rosslyn contingent lost their marbles and attacked the Cherrydale community for opposing the swap. Now pretty much everyone is at each other’s throats. No way this is getting resolved on here. Have a great summer. The school year is going to be terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:What's really interesting is that if you just read the comments in this thread without knowing what actually happened in the election, you get the impression the Cherrydale people flocked to the meeting to vote out Rosslyn people and get a Cherrydale-centered PTA board that would push for a walk zone. In reality, it appears that it was Rosslyn people who flocked to the meeting to vote out Cherrydale-area board members in favor of Rosslyn people.

A Cherrydale centered PTA with participants who did not have students attending the school.

Further, that Cherrydale focused PTA were lottery parents; do think of the Rosslyn PTA members were advocating to the school board to remove lottery families, there would not have been a similar response?

Isn't that what Rosslyn PTA members want to do now? From what I've read on this thread, they seem to hate them all and want them removed from the school?

Very likely that is what they want now, but its a response to the pre-emptive actions from Cherrydale community members making space for themselves at the expense of current Rosslyn students. A bit different; Rosslyn parents were part of the group recommending the Buck site, which is an inclusive approach to make space for all who want to attend their neighborhood school.

Absolutely incorrect. The whole Buck idea was originally thought of and advocated for those who live near the school. They were advocating to expand the school onto Buck last year during the Options and Transfer process, before the Rosslyn folks even understood what was going on. The fact is the Rosslyn/Courthosue crew is an angry and vindictive group who have said and done some really nasty things to several really good people. These same people who were ironically advocating for them. So sad.

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https://commissions.arlingtonva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/Buck-May-3-Notes.pdf

Exactly they were advocating expanding the space for themselves — to accelerate the adoption of a walk zone. When that tied turned, it was the complaints about traffic and Rosslyn is already going on a bus, so send them to Taylor. We are just saying put the breaks on adding to an overcapacity school until 2021 when the system will have a clearer picture. If you add the Cherrydale walkzone, there isn’t space and someone has to be pushed out — do Cherrydale residents all hate Taylor this much to go to this lengths ; it isn’t like when they moved here they didn’t know the zoned school. Just be patient and chill.

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You will get your walkable school, Cherrydale. Can you just chill until we can all work it out?

You realize that your actions caused the (over)reaction from Rosslyn?

“Baby, I only hit you ‘cause you made me do it.”

Spousal abuse, what a tasteful and appropriate analogy

Don't use abusive language and people won't be able to call you out on it.

Abusive language? What are even talking about? Telling someone to chill is abuse?

Look at the post it was responding to.

Um seriously, where is abusive language? Can you italicize?

No one is responsible for someone else’s (over)reaction. The Rosslyn people are responsible for their own behavior (as are the Cherrydale people). Trying to use the poor behavior of the Rosslyn community to keep Cherrydale under their thumb is inappropriate. Be better than that.

I posted that comment. Both neighborhoods should be ashamed of their actions. Cherrydale did start the open hostility though so they get a little extra blame.

Pretty shitty way for you all to treat other parents in your own community.

Agreed there are some pretty awful parents who should be ashamed of themselves. How did Cherrydale start hostility? Seems that the LV folks started it with the swap idea. Cherrydale opposed the swap. Then somehow the Rosslyn contingent lost their marbles and attacked the Cherrydale community for opposing the swap. Now pretty much everyone is at each other’s throats. No way this is getting resolved on here. Have a great summer. The school year is going to be terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed there are some pretty awful parents who should be ashamed of themselves. How did Cherrydale start hostility? Seems that the LV folks started it with the swap idea. Cherrydale opposed the swap. Then somehow the Rosslyn contingent lost their marbles and attacked the Cherrydale community for opposing the swap. Now pretty much everyone is at each other’s throats. No way this is getting resolved on here. Have a great summer. The school year is going to be terrible.

If it helps, try to remember that what gets posted here or is said at a school board or PTA meeting doesn't necessarily represent how everyone feels. Give people the benefit of the doubt and give them the chance to do the same for you. We were at Nottingham when the whole boundary fight was going on with McKinley over which school was going to take the extra planning units, and there was so much vitriol expressed here (and still is, at times) and elsewhere that I dreaded encountering McKinley parents IRL. But really, when I did encounter them, for the most part it was okay. There's one mom I know who still holds a grudge about the whole thing, but whatever, that's her issue. Otherwise I made a bunch of McKinley friends after that, and everyone got that it was a tough situation, we could see where everyone else was coming from, and no one took it personally or held it against anyone else. Hopefully when the school year starts, it'll turn out that plenty of families over there feel the same way.