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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't forget about the imminent Drew fiasco. People don't realize how much having the Montessori program, even though a lot of those kids are low income, helped the SOL scores. As someone said upthread, Drew is absolutely going to be a failing school unless they redraw the boundaries--most of the regular program kids there are low income and many are renters that churn in and out of the school each year--even if they put some kind of fantastic program in there on day one (raising the question of why they don't have such a program at the other south Arlington schools.....) there are going to be a couple of rough years there. But [b]which neighborhood is going to be want to be moved TO Drew[/b]? People from the south side of the Henry boundary or the north side of Oakridge aren't going to want to. Pulling kids from Randolph or Abingdon doesn't help the demographics at either school. [/quote]

Well, nobody ever volunteers for this, but someone has to get moved there. I agree that this is going to be a real shit-show in the next few years. I am pretty sure the plan is to move at least some of Henry, Abingdon, and Oakridge there since those schools are most overcrowded and geographically closest. Not a fun time to be on the SB, that's for sure.[/quote]

People will likely be moved out of Oakridge for drew. Possibly Henry, maybe Hoffman Boston. The Oakridge and Henry people are going breath fire.  By the way, aren't most of those people going to be from apts?
Anyway you slice it, the county's HORRIBLE HOUSING POLICY rears its ugly head. If certain groups are louder and more persuasive than others, we could really see interesting outcomes. Outcomes that could set schools back decades. Oakridge and Henry could rid of all but sfh's (almost) if they choose to go for it. Barcroft could be off the table for the middle class for years.
The above poster who mentioned that Barcroft's demographics have always been the same...
I think what you are failing to understand is that the school was finally beginning to enjoy the faith of the middle home owners. People were buying with the intention of sending their kids. That's a huge obstacle, and they had made some real progress. My south Arlington neighborhood has never enjoyed that level of support for the neighborhood school. 
Then the county board shat all over them. 
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