Tuckahoe / Discovery / North Arlington elementary redistricting in 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

It’s 2023 and you’re worried about 2026. Take a breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After what happened to Iliana Gonzales at Taylor…and now she’s leading strategic planning for APS…she really should recuse herself
Otherwise it looks like she’s sticking it to the Taylor community that ousted her

I’ve been considering whether to bring that up at office hours with the SB members. It’s wildly inappropriate for her to have any say over Taylor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After what happened to Iliana Gonzales at Taylor…and now she’s leading strategic planning for APS…she really should recuse herself
Otherwise it looks like she’s sticking it to the Taylor community that ousted her

I’ve been considering whether to bring that up at office hours with the SB members. It’s wildly inappropriate for her to have any say over Taylor.

It most definitely should be brought up!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

It’s 2023 and you’re worried about 2026. Take a breath.

The time to worry is now. It’ll be too late to do anything about it in 2026.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

It’s 2023 and you’re worried about 2026. Take a breath.

The time to worry is now. It’ll be too late to do anything about it in 2026.

Worry about WHAT??? All of the schools are the SAME.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

It’s 2023 and you’re worried about 2026. Take a breath.

The time to worry is now. It’ll be too late to do anything about it in 2026.

Worry about WHAT??? All of the schools are the SAME.

C’mon. First off, that’s not true. Secondly, decisions are being made now that will likely lead to overcrowding, and that’s something people worry about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think this has to be mothers who made all their friends through their kids' friends and are anxious about their grown up gaggle being broken up. I can see no other reason why people would be so over invested in this stuff. The kids are and will be fine. These are all great schools.

Huh? You think separating kids from their friend groups every 2 years, reshuffling commute patterns, and battling for extended day slots is no big deal? If I wanted to have that kind of life I’d have signed up for a military or consulting gig, both of which pay better or have better benefits than the stable job I chose for myself because I wanted stability.

1. It's not every 2 years. Exaggeration. Some of their friends go with them and some don't. In the end, these are good life skills. You don't live in a place where the same group of kids moves through K-12. Most kids in that type of setting are not friends with the same exact same kids year in and year out anyway. Shifting friendships in childhood is normal. They will need the skills to make new friends. In fact, I promise you when the time comes you will be thrilled they are getting away from some kids in their friend group!

2. Reshuffling commute patterns? These schools are all so close to each other.

3. Extended day slots I can see. So focus on that and argue they should expand extended day or transfer slots or something. Productive thing to think about.

If you think this is like a military lifestyle I don't even know what to say. So far off the mark it's embarrassing you said it. Those kids really go through it.

+1 no kid is getting shuffled every two years, that is ridiculous. If your kid is moved at some point they basically guarantee to not do it again during their elementary years (this has come up before and when a group who had already moved was at risk they changed course to make sure that didn't happen). Changing to a neighboring (also wonderful) school one time in six years WITH many of their classmates is not an issue for your child. Kids are very able to go through changes like this with the support of their parents and community. Re: commute I went to Nottingham. Getting yourself to Nottingham in the morning vs getting yourself to Discovery, that is not a new commute pattern. Come on. As the other poster said, extended day slots is a valid issue. I would put energy to that.

It's ok to be like this is annoying and in my ideal world wouldn't be necessary, and be disappointed without exaggerating the impact so vastly. When you live in a community things need to be done to benefit the whole community sometimes. Also, this does happen in Fairfax and MCPS and most districts as well.

These redistricting attempts are taking place ALL THE TIME. APS is very unique in the amount of time and resources they spend reshuffling enrollment. This is because their projections are always wrong by an order of magnitude and they are not leaving themselves any grace in their planning factors.

The fact that kids “survive” this is not a justification to keep doing it. We spend way too much money to be planning for chaos and mediocrity. Reshuffle once a decade- that’s it.

No, that's wrong. I'm not APS but the real problem is the expectation of influence that any given neighborhood here thinks they should have. You've heard of the Arlington Way? Lots of public input, plan iterations. But it's only gotten worse as Arlington became home to SelfVIPs who feel it's a right to fight any boundary change because they recently bought a house with a big mortgage and didn't expect change. The mistake in this go-around will be the same in any past reboundary, which is the school board forces APS to pursue some frankensteinian middle ground that simply triggers the next round of boundary changes. And before you accuse me of being an APS-loving communist, I do think they've made boundary mistakes - but they aren't the ones that get talked about here because they have typically happened to lower income pops in SA who don't come here to complain.

You have identified part of the problem. The Board has made bad decisions for political reasons. But the staff has also made some royal screwups too. Both things can be true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

Ashlawn

It’s 2023. Stop worrying about which particular Lilly white school your kids may end up in in 2026. B

Please stop. First, the schools aren’t lily white. Second, even white kids deserve to go to schools that aren’t overloaded. Even rich white kids.

It’s 2023 and you’re worried about 2026. Take a breath.

We can't think or plan ahead? You're just as bad as APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After what happened to Iliana Gonzales at Taylor…and now she’s leading strategic planning for APS…she really should recuse herself
Otherwise it looks like she’s sticking it to the Taylor community that ousted her

I’ve been considering whether to bring that up at office hours with the SB members. It’s wildly inappropriate for her to have any say over Taylor.

How will she have say over Taylor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

I would think either Cardinal or you stay at Tuckahoe and get a lot of trailers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for us is where do you push my Tuckhaoe kids? In rezoning MS, APS seems very proud of themselves at gaining alignment and that all of Tuckahoe will go to Williamsburg.

The only option would be Cardinal or Discovery.

I would think either Cardinal or you stay at Tuckahoe and get a lot of trailers.

Tuckahoe is already maxed out on trailers. No additional room. At one time there were trailers in the back of the school but it was then determined those were unsafe. Something about ground water levels.

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Go to bed, crazy ladies.