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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope Arlington County is paying close attention to this. If Jamestown/Nottingham/Tuckahoe become a choice school, [b]neighborhood house values will go down[/b]. On the plus side, the insane real estate taxes should also be reflective of the reduced home values.

No way will I continue to pay the r/e taxes I'm currently paying if 22 buses are coming up and down our streets everyday. This decision will be very costly to the County.  [/quote]
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No, they won't, hysterical cow. [/b]
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Agreed but talk to the ASFS parents who are worried about their home values if a S. Arlington school comes to Key. They claim their community will be divided if they all have to go to a new neighborhood school at Key so they need APS to move ASFS over to the Key building to keep the community together—which makes no sense because if they are all moving to a “new” Key neighborhood school, their community should stay intact, albeit at a new location.

Apparently, though, it’s too distressing for them to lose their science program so they want the taxpayers to pay to move ASFS to Key for them.  Whatever new school that would come to Key is apparently not good enough.  Will be interesting to see if APS and the SB cave to their demands, especially after Murphy’s email about being equitable and transparent.  Not sure how moving one neighborhood school to another neighborhood school to appease a small set of homeowners is a smart use of APS funds. 
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Honestly, APS probably should move the BRAND NEW science lab, because to not do so will likely stifle FUTURE parent donations and contributions to schools.

The CURRENT parents at ASFS donated hella money at Auctions, fundraisers, etc, which helped the schools performance, which raised its scores and Property values.

We can pretend it’s charity, but people donate to schools for the benefit of their own kids, but the positive impact spreads to other current and future students, so it’s generally a win win.  By having a huge swath of people donate for a specific project and then move the ENTIRE student body two years later could curtail future donations. Why give if it really isn’t ‘your’ school, that you could be yanked from on a whim?

Yes, it’s an ugly sentiment, it would be nice if folks donated to APS as a whole or the Rohingya refugees, but school auctions etc are a vital part of school success here, at privates, at places like Palo Alto.

Generally people donate, their kids go thru the school, and voila community property and no one cares. This is s prettty exceptional circumstance, so I can definitely imagine a sour taste and a closed checkbook in the future.

Wonder if Key school had fundraisers for their playground? Similar dynamics could be at play.

It would be nice if disparity between schools was reinforced by donations and auctions, but I don’t think APS as a whole will benefit from cutting it down.

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I have no idea what your last sentence means.[/quote]

Sorry forgot a not. Was saying that donations to wealthy schools widened achievement gap with more struggling schools, but stifling donations by destabilizing school communities could cause top performing schools to decline, which would soften home values and funding for all. 
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