APS middle school boundary process

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet the plan is already wired to screw over the Swanson walkers. They just aren't rich enough for the SB to care. That said, I hope that the Swanson walkers win and get to walk to their neighborhood school, and that the S Arlington contingent so intent on screwing those middle class kids, rather than advocating for kids from other neighborhoods already in buses to go to Kenmore, get absolutely nothing.

That is in your head. There is no South Arlington coalition asking that Families currently zoned Swason get screwed. I don’t know how many times people on this thread have said they would be supportive of kids from other neighborhoods helping balance demographics. They are merely looking for the most likely and feasible solution. Besides south Arlington parents aren’t paying attention. To anything. They are largely a clueless bunch.

And the most likely solution is targeting less wealthy walkers rather than proposing an alternate solution. So I hope they get nothing.

I hate to break it to you, something is going to happen.

My guess is that they spilt up that group. Half will get to stay, and half will get shifted. THat of course is the worst possible outcome. All of those kids need to go to help demographics. The crazy Swanson poster is probably get their way, but the argument will likely make things worse for their neighbors.
Oh well. It’s the Arlington Way.

Who are your kids helping?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would bet the plan is already wired to screw over the Swanson walkers. They just aren't rich enough for the SB to care. That said, I hope that the Swanson walkers win and get to walk to their neighborhood school, and that the S Arlington contingent so intent on screwing those middle class kids, rather than advocating for kids from other neighborhoods already in buses to go to Kenmore, get absolutely nothing.

That is in your head. There is no South Arlington coalition asking that Families currently zoned Swason get screwed. I don’t know how many times people on this thread have said they would be supportive of kids from other neighborhoods helping balance demographics. They are merely looking for the most likely and feasible solution. Besides south Arlington parents aren’t paying attention. To anything. They are largely a clueless bunch.

And the most likely solution is targeting less wealthy walkers rather than proposing an alternate solution. So I hope they get nothing.

I hate to break it to you, something is going to happen.

My guess is that they spilt up that group. Half will get to stay, and half will get shifted. THat of course is the worst possible outcome. All of those kids need to go to help demographics. The crazy Swanson poster is probably get their way, but the argument will likely make things worse for their neighbors.
Oh well. It’s the Arlington Way.

Why is he or she crazy? Surely you could come up with a better argument to promote your biased position? Just "crazy"?

APS will have a new MS. APS draws new boundaries in order to fill said new MS. To do so, several criteria and priorities are on the table. Demographics is one of at least 6, yet it's the one that gets thrown in the face of parents who legitimately want their kids to walk to school. They (we) are called "racists" and posters debate for days on an online forum whether we purchased our properties by scrimping or what have you, as if any of it mattered. At least a handful of posters speak of these walker kids as though they should be used as an instrument to improve the situation of other kids, but I don't see the same respect or concern being shown to these walkers. Because forget options that would redistribute kids who are already on buses or creating islands if demographics is the one overriding criterion - no, it all must rest on the shoulders of a bunch of *actual* walkers just because they are the perfect middle, not as rich as the far North and rich enough to give Kenmore a few extra percentage points.

Oh, and for you who insist on using the cheap race card, remember how these neighborhoods fruitlessly opposed the move from W-L to Yorktown last year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Gotta love this non response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Actually, I spoke up and emailed the County Board since I believe we have put way too much emphasis and money into affordable housing in this county, regardless of where it's located.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moving MM and DH to Kenmore does not help the demographic problem. Middle-class students at schools with over 40% FARMS perform worse. The level without ll still be well over 40% with this move. APS needs to think more creatively about how to get more diversity across the system (including Williamsburg, which if this plan is adopted will serve almost exclusively whites and millionaires). According to the social science, this ineffective band-aid won’t help the low-income kids at Kenmore and will likely hurt the middle-class kids who are pushed into the school.

Try again. TJ has 42% farms and good scores. North Arlington familes have been happily sending their children there for years.

I love how during the high school boundary process adding a few percentage points to raise WAKEFIELD’s farms rate above 45 % was truly no big deal for posters on this forum. Bringing Kenmore down to those levels, however, is unfathomable.
If 46-48% was acceptable for Wakefield last year, certainly it’s considered a reasonable number for Kenmore to be at after the boundary shift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Gotta love this non response.

So you sat around and did nothing. Well, your chickens have come home to roost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Actually, I spoke up and emailed the County Board since I believe we have put way too much emphasis and money into affordable housing in this county, regardless of where it's located.

Ok, but that doesn’t put affordable housing on Lee highway if that’s what you’re after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Gotta love this non response.

So you sat around and did nothing. Well, your chickens have come home to roost.

Wrong again. Just love your lack of ability to add anything of substance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Actually, I spoke up and emailed the County Board since I believe we have put way too much emphasis and money into affordable housing in this county, regardless of where it's located.

Ok, but that doesn’t put affordable housing on Lee highway if that’s what you’re after.

Uhhhh... Your focus should be on getting rid of affordable housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Gotta love this non response.

So you sat around and did nothing. Well, your chickens have come home to roost.

Wrong again. Just love your lack of ability to add anything of substance.

Plenty of have great arguments here. They don’t include...

A) bus someone else
B) I spent a lot of money on my house
C) less advantaged children should all be together
D) Kenmore sucks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Actually, I spoke up and emailed the County Board since I believe we have put way too much emphasis and money into affordable housing in this county, regardless of where it's located.

Ok, but that doesn’t put affordable housing on Lee highway if that’s what you’re after.

Uhhhh... Your focus should be on getting rid of affordable housing.

That is not and will never be my focus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Uhhhh... Your focus should be on getting rid of affordable housing.
That is not and will never be my focus.

Which brings us back to the earlier post.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. Yeah. That's why Williamsburg will be at 2-4% farms, while three other schools are 40-55%. Uh huh. Nah, you'll just sacrifice walkers for optics, making their lives worse, while making those North North Arlington property values oh so much better. Sure, they care about us all.

This. All the so-called liberals in $1-2M houses in far north Arlington vote for Democratic County Board members who are pro-affordable housing because, you know, it's good to have diversity and support poor people. Then, they fight like hell to keep that affordable housing off of Lee Highway where it might possibly require them to rub elbows with the residents, so it all continues to get pushed into one corner of the county.

Once the schools get over-crowded and a few have too much concentrated-poverty, then they happily support busing all sorts of kids all over the place because, you know, it's good to have diverse schools as long as those kids being bused aren't their own and they get to stay safely in their bubble at their 4% FARMS schools.

There is truth to this, but where were you during the AHMP? CARD worked very hard to address this inequity, but their numbers weren’t robust to be sure. That was the time to speak up.

Actually, I spoke up and emailed the County Board since I believe we have put way too much emphasis and money into affordable housing in this county, regardless of where it's located.

Ok, but that doesn’t put affordable housing on Lee highway if that’s what you’re after.

Uhhhh... Your focus should be on getting rid of affordable housing.

That is not and will never be my focus.

Enjoy those chickens, then.