Reply to Barcroft elementary/ south Arlington crisis

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Barcroft elementary/ south Arlington crisis"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems to me there's a fine line between, one on the one hand, moving into a community (South Arlington) and thinking that it's going to improve because "more people like us" will make the same decision and, on the other hand, being worried about recent planning decisions that concentrate poverty in certain areas and set certain schools up for either failure or chronic under-achievement.

My impression has always been that North Arlington residents call the shots in Arlington County, and that buying in South Arlington has long been risky because, at the end of the day, someone living north of Route 50 is going to decide will decide what happens there.  And, to add insult to injury, if you don't agree with it, they'll call you lots of nasty names.  [/quote]

Maybe it's been that way, but times they are a changing. 
Saying people moved here and expect the area to change is over simplifying what has happened. This density of housing was not here even 6 years ago. Things are changing even for some of the newest residence. Maybe it's time for the SFH owners of south Arlington to create their own version of Arlingtonians for Sensible transit. How about Arlingtonians for sensible community planning?
It's been laissez faire for a while, but I think the age demographics are starting to shift. The younger families moving in have spent too much to live in a very good county. They have expectations for the schools, and this isn't going away.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics