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

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

We picked WL over Yorktown when we bought our house and would do it again in a heartbeat.

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Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

show me some examples of houses in South Arlington and North Arlington that are both the same walkable distance from the metro and equivalent houses, where the S. Arlington one is much lower in price. I really don't think this is true at all.
Alexandria is not a comp b/c you are talking not Arlington and also further out.

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Anonymous wrote:Redistricting areas (LV, Arlington Forest, etc.) that are within the walk zone would have the effect of preventing these students from walking home after school activities, require more buses, and incur costs for the County among other things. It is interesting that Arlington issued a news release this summer titled "Arlington Highlighted as Example of Walkability for the Nation" - in which, Arlington leadership said to create walkability, you have to create pockets of walking zones between people's homes and .... schools. It seems that the school staff's potential solutions to the school overcapacity issue should be in line with the County's overall goals.

Most of Arlington Forest is outside the 1.5 mile walk zone that was created after people in north Arlington Forest and other neighborhoods complained that the standard walk-zone for W-L wasn't big enough (to include their neighborhood and thus exempt them from consideration). The distance between Arlington Forest and Wakefield High school is ~2.5 miles AT WORST. This is absolutely a navigable distance for teenagers, via any number of transportation options.

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Anonymous wrote:

Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

show me some examples of houses in South Arlington and North Arlington that are both the same walkable distance from the metro and equivalent houses, where the S. Arlington one is much lower in price. I really don't think this is true at all.
Alexandria is not a comp b/c you are talking not Arlington and also further out.

Thank you! People are delusional about the actually price of real estate. South Arlington is so cheap! Umm ... no.

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Anonymous wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Life isn't all about property values.

-Yorktown parent

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

So if you are concerned about property values, you are experiencing white privilege, and if you aren't concerned about property values, you are experiencing white privilege. I think this means that white people experience white privilege no matter what they do or think. You'll get no argument from me on that score. But it does raise the question: Why continue to accuse people on this thread of white privilege when there is absolutely nothing they can do about it? What is your point?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Redistricting areas (LV, Arlington Forest, etc.) that are within the walk zone would have the effect of preventing these students from walking home after school activities, require more buses, and incur costs for the County among other things. It is interesting that Arlington issued a news release this summer titled "Arlington Highlighted as Example of Walkability for the Nation" - in which, Arlington leadership said to create walkability, you have to create pockets of walking zones between people's homes and .... schools. It seems that the school staff's potential solutions to the school overcapacity issue should be in line with the County's overall goals.

“Arlington will be a diverse and inclusive world-class urban community with secure, attractive residential and commercial neighborhoods where people unite to form a caring, learning, participating, sustainable community in which each person is important.”
— Arlington County Board

This is the mission of Arlington County. While walkability may be a goal, diversity and inclusion is a core value.

And Arlington can still be a diverse and inclusive world-class urban community with secure, attractive residential and commercial neighborhoods where people unite to form a caring, learning, participating, sustainable community in which each person is important even if Arlington Forest assigned to Wakefield.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

Priceless Neal. Never gets old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

I live in Yorktown district, have three HS students and none of them attend YT. They are all either at W-L or private school. Not everyone thinks YT is the place to be, and I'm not sure that the property values reflect a big YT bias.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Life isn't all about property values.

-Yorktown parent

Also, on the list of Things I'm Not Worried About: the rate of increase of the value of my house in 22201.

I do worry about what the Whiny White Haves are doing to Arlington as a community.

+ 1

My house's value has more to do with the fact that it's walkable to metro than whether it's zoned W-L or Yorktown. Metro's woes concern me more on that front. I'd rather have W-L because it's walkable, but whatever.

Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

Do you have a point?

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http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1005-23rd-St-S_Arlington_VA_22202_M59393-51918#

A million dollars for a Colonial with no yard and minimal updates. Walk to Metro -- in South Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Sorry. Don't need an increase. My 7 figure home is much nicer than most of our kids' friends who are zoned for Yorktown. Not everyone in WL is poorer than their YT counterparts. But please do continue your crusade and then not only will we see this 'increase' that you speak of but I'll be much happier that there's some diversity in YT if my kids get stuck there. Contrary to popular belief, we CHOSE to live in the WL school zone over YT. Again, we are not a white family.

One could easily say it's the Wakefield parents who are paying lip service. They claim to love diversity at 42% or 46% but not if it's approaches 50%. And there have been enough S. Arlington folks on this thread who have mentioned concerns about property values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

Priceless Neal. Never gets old.

Much easier to rant on this thread against North Arlington families b/c your kids are still going to a crappier school, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

I'm a crazy white parent in N. Arlington who strongly supports moving Arlington Forest to Wakefield. I don't believe anyone is going to suffer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Sorry. Don't need an increase. My 7 figure home is much nicer than most of our kids' friends who are zoned for Yorktown. Not everyone in WL is poorer than their YT counterparts. But please do continue your crusade and then not only will we see this 'increase' that you speak of but I'll be much happier that there's some diversity in YT if my kids get stuck there. Contrary to popular belief, we CHOSE to live in the WL school zone over YT. Again, we are not a white family.

One could easily say it's the Wakefield parents who are paying lip service. They claim to love diversity at 42% or 46% but not if it's approaches 50%. And there have been enough S. Arlington folks on this thread who have mentioned concerns about property values.

Can we please stop with this tired trope? It is not hypocritical so say you love diversity but also be concerned that the concentration of low-income students is becoming untenable. Just like it is not hypocritical for me to say I love ice cream but not want to eat it for every meal.

--Not a Wakefield parent