APS: Jamestown, Discovery, Nottingham& McKinley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Agree 1,000%. The bitterness towards the entire school and community is just so extreme. These posters should be addressed for defamation - of the entire school, the PTA and the community. It's pathetic and ridiculous and has to stop.

Thanks for your post PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

The winners are usually not in a sour mood.

[Anonymous]

maybe those in a sour mood are being bullied. Admin at one of these schools is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Agree 1,000%. The bitterness towards the entire school and community is just so extreme. These posters should be addressed for defamation - of the entire school, the PTA and the community. It's pathetic and ridiculous and has to stop.

Thanks for your post PP

Pray tell...which are the false claims? Isn't the PTA elected by the parents to represent the parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

But nonetheless enjoyed the benefits of that decision by the PTA

[Anonymous]

GET.OVER.IT.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GET.OVER.IT.....

Is McKinley over the overcrowding yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Agree 1,000%. The bitterness towards the entire school and community is just so extreme. These posters should be addressed for defamation - of the entire school, the PTA and the community. It's pathetic and ridiculous and has to stop.

Thanks for your post PP

Pray tell...which are the false claims? Isn't the PTA elected by the parents to represent the parents?

New poster. Yes, the PTA is elected by the parents. But several years have passed since these incidents occurred. So the PTA is likely different, there are new parents at the school, etc. How long does the bad reputation last — I’m genuinely curious. Im not suggesting people get over it, but APS is about to redraw the boundary lines again. Will that make it right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Agree 1,000%. The bitterness towards the entire school and community is just so extreme. These posters should be addressed for defamation - of the entire school, the PTA and the community. It's pathetic and ridiculous and has to stop.

Thanks for your post PP

Pray tell...which are the false claims? Isn't the PTA elected by the parents to represent the parents?

New poster. Yes, the PTA is elected by the parents. But several years have passed since these incidents occurred. So the PTA is likely different, there are new parents at the school, etc. How long does the bad reputation last — I’m genuinely curious. Im not suggesting people get over it, but APS is about to redraw the boundary lines again. Will that make it right?

Two years have passed, not several, and as a result a few thousand children will have spent some or all of their elementary school in a vastly overcrowded facility with almost no field space while nearby schools have capacity. The boundary changes will hopefully make it right, but not until 2021. It may be over to the families at Nottingham, but those decisions still very much impact the families at McKinley.

[Anonymous]

Didn't McKinley just go through a multi-million dollar expansion to increase student capacity and help to relieve overcrowding? Last I checked, it was slightly over 100% capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't McKinley just go through a multi-million dollar expansion to increase student capacity and help to relieve overcrowding? Last I checked, it was slightly over 100% capacity.

McKinley was built to provide classroom seats for 685 students and as of last week had 795 students in the building + 16 preschool students using a classroom at Reed. Additionally, McKinley's cafeteria can only hold a max of 762 kids with 3 seatings-- which is why McKinley is only one of three elementary schools in the county that had to go to 4 lunch seating shifts. The "percentage over capacity" statistic is meaningless and even the School Board is not referring to it anymore.

Some schools have more land and bigger cafeterias and are able to shoulder the burden of trailers better than others-- and McKinley is *not* one of them. You can figure that out yourself by reading this APS facility optimization report.

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Facilities-Optimization-Study.pdf

[Anonymous]

AND......The McKinley addition would have been enough if the SB had kept the original boundary changes that had all neighboring schools hovering right around full usage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Also, there's nothing inaccurate about this. Nottingham parents DID screw McK. Not ALL Nottingham parents, but enough. I don't remember a huge contingent of Nottingham parents showing up to board meetings saying please, let us absorb those planning units!
Signed, a former Nottingham now McK parent who is honestly probably happier that my kid is at McK

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Also, there's nothing inaccurate about this. Nottingham parents DID screw McK. Not ALL Nottingham parents, but enough. I don't remember a huge contingent of Nottingham parents showing up to board meetings saying please, let us absorb those planning units!
Signed, a former Nottingham now McK parent who is honestly probably happier that my kid is at McK

Everyone is always saying how happy they are at McK, it seems like a great school. So why is there so much bitterness? What's the point, if you and your kids are happy?

Nottingham was at 147% of capacity prior to Discovery opening. So guess what, Nottingham suffered for several years prior to Discovery opening. My children had "brunch" for lunch - at 10am because of the limited seating and capacity issues. So just because there isn't a bunch of bitter Nottingham parents on here complaining about how overcrowded Nottingham was prior to Discovery, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists.

Also, there's nothing inaccurate about this. Nottingham parents DID screw McK. Not ALL Nottingham parents, but enough. I don't remember a huge contingent of Nottingham parents showing up to board meetings saying please, let us absorb those planning units!
Signed, a former Nottingham now McK parent who is honestly probably happier that my kid is at McK

Everyone is always saying how happy they are at McK, it seems like a great school. So why is there so much bitterness? What's the point, if you and your kids are happy?

Nottingham was at 147% of capacity prior to Discovery opening. So guess what, Nottingham suffered for several years prior to Discovery opening. My children had "brunch" for lunch - at 10am because of the limited seating and capacity issues. So just because there isn't a bunch of bitter Nottingham parents on here complaining about how overcrowded Nottingham was prior to Discovery, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Agreed. We were at Nottingham during those overcrowding years, and no one at the other schools, especially not McKinley, gave a shit about what our kids were going through. Yet they all expected us to then go to bat for them, even when it meant our school still potentially being overcrowded. I feel for the families who went from Tuckahoe to McKinley because they never got relief, but the rest? Selfish hypocrites who have reaped what they sowed.