APS Boundary tool--anyone get it to work yet?

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Did you also hear the woman who said something about men exposing themselves? I could not follow what she was saying (through the interpreter) or what she was referring to with that comment.


If I remember correctly, there were some incidents, I believe around 4 mile run. How that is Wakefield's fault, I don't know.

There was also an incident of a man exposing himself to a student in the W-L parking garage a few years back. Guess people should be glad they are being reassigned.

They have changed the locker room hours at the three HS swimming pools so that there is no overlap between students and members of the public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks! Did you also hear the woman who said something about men exposing themselves? I could not follow what she was saying (through the interpreter) or what she was referring to with that comment.

If I remember correctly, there were some incidents, I believe around 4 mile run. How that is Wakefield's fault, I don't know.

There was also an incident of a man exposing himself to a student in the W-L parking garage a few years back. Guess people should be glad they are being reassigned.

They have changed the locker room hours at the three HS swimming pools so that there is no overlap between students and members of the public.

I hate the smell and humidity of the halls of the APS high schools near the pools - so gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks! Did you also hear the woman who said something about men exposing themselves? I could not follow what she was saying (through the interpreter) or what she was referring to with that comment.

If I remember correctly, there were some incidents, I believe around 4 mile run. How that is Wakefield's fault, I don't know.

There was also an incident of a man exposing himself to a student in the W-L parking garage a few years back. Guess people should be glad they are being reassigned.

They have changed the locker room hours at the three HS swimming pools so that there is no overlap between students and members of the public.

I hate the smell and humidity of the halls of the APS high schools near the pools - so gross.

Okay, so it sounds to me like she's not saying it's Wakefield's fault. But she's pointing out that right now her PU gets transportation to W-L, in the opposite direction of where these things are occurring. If her PU is sent to Wakefield, they will likely not receive transportation and will have to walk, possibly while dark, through the area where these incidents have occurred. Not sure I'd love to send my kids, loaded up with a MacBook or whatever technology HS students have, through this area on foot.

[Anonymous]

I spend a lot of time in the areas being talked about here. I've never felt unsafe. I would exercise good judgement, but we aren't talking about the worst parts of annacostia here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spend a lot of time in the areas being talked about here. I've never felt unsafe. I would exercise good judgement, but we aren't talking about the worst parts of annacostia here.

No, not Annacostia, but one of the areas that lights up on the street crime heat maps. Petty crime, not shootings and such. All I'm saying is it sounds like that parent was not making the accusation that Wakefield is unsafe, or that the immediate neighborhood around the school is unsafe. But the area between, where they children would travel, is what gives them pause. But I wasn't there so I don't really know what was said about the school or any of the neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend a lot of time in the areas being talked about here. I've never felt unsafe. I would exercise good judgement, but we aren't talking about the worst parts of annacostia here.

No, not Annacostia, but one of the areas that lights up on the street crime heat maps. Petty crime, not shootings and such. All I'm saying is it sounds like that parent was not making the accusation that Wakefield is unsafe, or that the immediate neighborhood around the school is unsafe. But the area between, where they children would travel, is what gives them pause. But I wasn't there so I don't really know what was said about the school or any of the neighborhoods.

That's just because it's vibrant. It's lighting up with vibrancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend a lot of time in the areas being talked about here. I've never felt unsafe. I would exercise good judgement, but we aren't talking about the worst parts of annacostia here.

No, not Annacostia, but one of the areas that lights up on the street crime heat maps. Petty crime, not shootings and such. All I'm saying is it sounds like that parent was not making the accusation that Wakefield is unsafe, or that the immediate neighborhood around the school is unsafe. But the area between, where they children would travel, is what gives them pause. But I wasn't there so I don't really know what was said about the school or any of the neighborhoods.

The parent was making both points, about Wakefield itself and about walking. I wouldn't be thrilled with my student waking that far, across Columbia Pike, particularly in bad weather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys. Neal worked really hard to get where he got. He had to make his way, when the head of his household was a minority! He had to push through in an almost entirely impoverished school! He's exceptional god damn it!
And what he learned along the way?
In order to be a winner, someone's got to be the loser. So, it won't be enough for his kids to thrive in a north Arlington school, your south Arlington kid has to fail. So, make sure you vote early and often. Ship the rest of those poors around western Columbia Pike off to Wakefield. Chuckle chuckle.
Neal learned that no one can do it for you. You have to do it for yourself. So, pull that ladder up behind you. If they want it, they can work for it like he did. Isn't that for the best? A third of the county's students learning what Neal learned. Growing up to be just like Neal

Wow, why do they wake up in the morning when people like you give them no chance to succeed? Given your demoralizing view of them, what are YOU doing for them!? Seems pretty hopeless for them unless white and somehow those pesky Asian kids walk by them in the halls (psst, the test scores don't seem to prove that theory). You don't know my story, how can you think it's been a cakewalk for me? Maybe you don't work that hard over at that useless government job, things in life came easy for you, college was paid for by the Parents for some dopey degree, you sucked your mama's teat through early adulthood, and assume everyone who isn't a minority had it as easy as you. The point is, I appreciate people who are willing to work for what they have, and avoid working with and being around softies like yourself, who wonder why they're passed over time and again by people who put a little energy into themselves. The mirror doesn't lie, you could have been so much more than you are. This country wasn't built on the shoulders of clowns like you.

I view the nearly $20k we spend per pupil annually, the free/reduced meals, discounted county services, day care, and rec. leagues, etc., as a heck of a deal. Much like a college athlete on scholarship, you can squander the opportunity, or become someone that I'd admire. What you're telling me is it's not enough. It was for me. At some point you need to be responsible for yourself and say, it's going to be hard, but I'm going to do the right thing. No such thing as a free lunch.

Otherwise, should we (maybe not you, for their own good) adopt these helpless souls and "fix" them? Society has had no other answer to date.

I wish Neal would make an appearance, could use a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No such thing as a free lunch.

Except free lunch is literally a thing they give out at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys. Neal worked really hard to get where he got. He had to make his way, when the head of his household was a minority! He had to push through in an almost entirely impoverished school! He's exceptional god damn it!
And what he learned along the way?
In order to be a winner, someone's got to be the loser. So, it won't be enough for his kids to thrive in a north Arlington school, your south Arlington kid has to fail. So, make sure you vote early and often. Ship the rest of those poors around western Columbia Pike off to Wakefield. Chuckle chuckle.
Neal learned that no one can do it for you. You have to do it for yourself. So, pull that ladder up behind you. If they want it, they can work for it like he did. Isn't that for the best? A third of the county's students learning what Neal learned. Growing up to be just like Neal

Wow, why do they wake up in the morning when people like you give them no chance to succeed? Given your demoralizing view of them, what are YOU doing for them!? Seems pretty hopeless for them unless white and somehow those pesky Asian kids walk by them in the halls (psst, the test scores don't seem to prove that theory). You don't know my story, how can you think it's been a cakewalk for me? Maybe you don't work that hard over at that useless government job, things in life came easy for you, college was paid for by the Parents for some dopey degree, you sucked your mama's teat through early adulthood, and assume everyone who isn't a minority had it as easy as you. The point is, I appreciate people who are willing to work for what they have, and avoid working with and being around softies like yourself, who wonder why they're passed over time and again by people who put a little energy into themselves. The mirror doesn't lie, you could have been so much more than you are. This country wasn't built on the shoulders of clowns like you.

I view the nearly $20k we spend per pupil annually, the free/reduced meals, discounted county services, day care, and rec. leagues, etc., as a heck of a deal. Much like a college athlete on scholarship, you can squander the opportunity, or become someone that I'd admire. What you're telling me is it's not enough. It was for me. At some point you need to be responsible for yourself and say, it's going to be hard, but I'm going to do the right thing. No such thing as a free lunch.

Otherwise, should we (maybe not you, for their own good) adopt these helpless souls and "fix" them? Society has had no other answer to date.

I wish Neal would make an appearance, could use a friend.

Yeah, it's totally a meritocracy here! Why can't everyone just grab their bootstraps: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/18/poor-kids-who-do-everything-right-dont-do-better-than-rich-kids-who-do-everything-wrong/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No such thing as a free lunch.

Except free lunch is literally a thing they give out at school.

except it's not

[Anonymous]

Don't blame "Neal". That's what Neal took away from a secondary school with imbalanced demographics. He thinks his success was due to the struggle, not despite it. We know we can do better as a county. We can get so much more for our twenty thousand spent per student. We can provide an environment where a child born into less than ideal circumstances can clearly see other paths and better ways. It doesn't have to be a puzzle riddled by the exceptional few. We can pop the elite and rarified bubble encompassing other students. Understanding not everyone is born on equal footing, and being grateful for your privledge, builds character and better citizenship. Don't blame Neal. Demand more from our community and for our students.

[Anonymous]

Who is "Neal"? Is that what they call a "Larlo" in Arlington?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is "Neal"? Is that what they call a "Larlo" in Arlington?

Anti diversity troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No such thing as a free lunch.

Except free lunch is literally a thing they give out at school.

except it's not

Wut? If your income is low enough, your lunch is free.