APS middle school boundary process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the Kenmore PTA mobilized around this issue? It sounds like they should be fighting hard to get as many PUs from North Arlington as possible.

With the new middle school this is a once in a lifetime chance for Kenmore to drastically lower FARMS and improve student performance. I hope they fight for every last NA PU. They have the most to lose/gain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the Kenmore PTA mobilized around this issue? It sounds like they should be fighting hard to get as many PUs from North Arlington as possible.

With the new middle school this is a once in a lifetime chance for Kenmore to drastically lower FARMS and improve student performance. I hope they fight for every last NA PU. They have the most to lose/gain.

The SB should stand up for Kenmore and transfer PUs all the way up to the front door of Williamsburg if they have to. Let's make One Arlington where neighbors "Compromise" and "Sacrifice" together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the Kenmore PTA mobilized around this issue? It sounds like they should be fighting hard to get as many PUs from North Arlington as possible.

With the new middle school this is a once in a lifetime chance for Kenmore to drastically lower FARMS and improve student performance. I hope they fight for every last NA PU. They have the most to lose/gain.

The SB should stand up for Kenmore and transfer PUs all the way up to the front door of Williamsburg if they have to. Let's make One Arlington where neighbors "Compromise" and "Sacrifice" together.

Nah, they'll just go with the pus who scraped together their life savings so they could give their kids a good education. Too bad for them, we've got to take care of the people who paid a discount for crap schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the Kenmore PTA mobilized around this issue? It sounds like they should be fighting hard to get as many PUs from North Arlington as possible.

With the new middle school this is a once in a lifetime chance for Kenmore to drastically lower FARMS and improve student performance. I hope they fight for every last NA PU. They have the most to lose/gain.

The SB should stand up for Kenmore and transfer PUs all the way up to the front door of Williamsburg if they have to. Let's make One Arlington where neighbors "Compromise" and "Sacrifice" together.

Nah, they'll just go with the pus who scraped together their life savings so they could give their kids a good education. Too bad for them, we've got to take care of the people who paid a discount for crap schools.

Kenmore is a wonderful school. Your kids will thrive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the Kenmore PTA mobilized around this issue? It sounds like they should be fighting hard to get as many PUs from North Arlington as possible.

With the new middle school this is a once in a lifetime chance for Kenmore to drastically lower FARMS and improve student performance. I hope they fight for every last NA PU. They have the most to lose/gain.

The SB should stand up for Kenmore and transfer PUs all the way up to the front door of Williamsburg if they have to. Let's make One Arlington where neighbors "Compromise" and "Sacrifice" together.

Nah, they'll just go with the pus who scraped together their life savings so they could give their kids a good education. Too bad for them, we've got to take care of the people who paid a discount for crap schools.

Kenmore is a wonderful school. Your kids will thrive.

Objective measures demonstrate it is a terrible school. It is objectively the worst middle school in the county. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Things I’m looking for in a middle school:

A school that gives a smooth transition out of elementary school.
A school that nurtures more independence in the kids.
A great array of EC’s to give middle schoolers a chance to figure out where their passion’s lie.
A school that doesn’t promote herd mentality. Hopefully lots of different groups of kids and a place for everyone.
Little to no drug use and sexual activity.


Test scores wouldn’t crack the top 20 of my list...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things I’m looking for in a middle school:

A school that gives a smooth transition out of elementary school.
A school that nurtures more independence in the kids.
A great array of EC’s to give middle schoolers a chance to figure out where their passion’s lie.
A school that doesn’t promote herd mentality. Hopefully lots of different groups of kids and a place for everyone.
Little to no drug use and sexual activity.


Test scores wouldn’t crack the top 20 of my list...

Lol. Good luck with that last one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things I’m looking for in a middle school:

A school that gives a smooth transition out of elementary school.
A school that nurtures more independence in the kids.
A great array of EC’s to give middle schoolers a chance to figure out where their passion’s lie.
A school that doesn’t promote herd mentality. Hopefully lots of different groups of kids and a place for everyone.
Little to no drug use and sexual activity.


Test scores wouldn’t crack the top 20 of my list...

"passion's"? No wonder test scores don't crack your top 20.

[Anonymous]

Isn't this a blue county? Didn't we vote for 'hope' and 'change' a few years ago? Let's use this boundary change to make all the middle schools great.

[Anonymous]

All I know is that after watching this craziness, no way will I ever support a new high school. Megaschools and online learning for the win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things I’m looking for in a middle school:

A school that gives a smooth transition out of elementary school.
A school that nurtures more independence in the kids.
A great array of EC’s to give middle schoolers a chance to figure out where their passion’s lie.
A school that doesn’t promote herd mentality. Hopefully lots of different groups of kids and a place for everyone.
Little to no drug use and sexual activity.


Test scores wouldn’t crack the top 20 of my list...

"passion's"? No wonder test scores don't crack your top 20.

Oh boy! Never miss an opportunity to snark at a typo. Troll on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things I’m looking for in a middle school:

A school that gives a smooth transition out of elementary school.
A school that nurtures more independence in the kids.
A great array of EC’s to give middle schoolers a chance to figure out where their passion’s lie.
A school that doesn’t promote herd mentality. Hopefully lots of different groups of kids and a place for everyone.
Little to no drug use and sexual activity.


Test scores wouldn’t crack the top 20 of my list...

Lol. Good luck with that last one.

My family isn’t zoned Williamsburg, so I feel better about our odds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this a blue county? Didn't we vote for 'hope' and 'change' a few years ago? Let's use this boundary change to make all the middle schools great.

Don’t kid yourself. It won’t. Even if these planning units move, Kenmore will still be over 40% FARMS and Williamsburg will be less than 10%. If Arlington really believes what you are spouting, everyone would be on a bus and it would be total desegregation. The moment a kid from Country Club Hills is at Kenmore or a kid from Donaldson Run is at Wakefield, the. I’ll believe that APS is really about demographic diversity. Otherwise, it’s all lip service, sacrificing the good of a group of kids so that everyone else can feel better about themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this a blue county? Didn't we vote for 'hope' and 'change' a few years ago? Let's use this boundary change to make all the middle schools great.

Don’t kid yourself. It won’t. Even if these planning units move, Kenmore will still be over 40% FARMS and Williamsburg will be less than 10%. If Arlington really believes what you are spouting, everyone would be on a bus and it would be total desegregation. The moment a kid from Country Club Hills is at Kenmore or a kid from Donaldson Run is at Wakefield, the. I’ll believe that APS is really about demographic diversity. Otherwise, it’s all lip service, sacrificing the good of a group of kids so that everyone else can feel better about themselves.

I’d be really pleased to see Kenmore around 40% FARMs. That would be a meaningful impact to the make up of that school. Ideally we’d have schools that reflected the student make up of the entire county, but I would consider 40% a step in the right direction.
I fully anticipate the SB will chicken out and placate the “walkers”. Perhaps there will be some sort of hybrid option that keeps Kenmore’s farms number from rising ( as was projected in some of the presented options) and they will consider that a win, which is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't this a blue county? Didn't we vote for 'hope' and 'change' a few years ago? Let's use this boundary change to make all the middle schools great.

Don’t kid yourself. It won’t. Even if these planning units move, Kenmore will still be over 40% FARMS and Williamsburg will be less than 10%. If Arlington really believes what you are spouting, everyone would be on a bus and it would be total desegregation. The moment a kid from Country Club Hills is at Kenmore or a kid from Donaldson Run is at Wakefield, the. I’ll believe that APS is really about demographic diversity. Otherwise, it’s all lip service, sacrificing the good of a group of kids so that everyone else can feel better about themselves.

I’d be really pleased to see Kenmore around 40% FARMs. That would be a meaningful impact to the make up of that school. Ideally we’d have schools that reflected the student make up of the entire county, but I would consider 40% a step in the right direction.
I fully anticipate the SB will chicken out and placate the “walkers”. Perhaps there will be some sort of hybrid option that keeps Kenmore’s farms number from rising ( as was projected in some of the presented options) and they will consider that a win, which is ridiculous.

I love how you put walkers in quotes, as if it's not the truth. Have some balls and bus in the rich people who are already on busses to Swanson and Stratford and send them to Kenmore instead. But no, instead you target actual walkers to Swanson because they are middle class and easier targets. Cowardly, unecomical, and unfair.