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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back in the day, Jamestown had a "sister school" relationship with Hoffman-Boston, where JES would host H-B kids for special events, like author visits and some field trips. The JES PTA also had a line-item in the budget to help support H-B, where money would be donated from one PTA to the other to help with whatever the H-B Principal would tell the JES Principal was needed (ie: school supplies). Also, during the Jamestown Book Fairs, there was an opportunity for parents to buy books for the H-B teachers and library, and JES parents were very generous.

At some point a new Principal came to Hoffman-Boston and they told the JES Principal that they wanted the "charity" from Jamestown to end, so it did. Some JES parents found other ways to continue to contribute to H-B, but getting the kids together from schools at the opposite ends of the County was a good thing and I'm sorry it ended.

Reading through some of these comments, I can't believe the selfishness of some of you. The Jamestown PTA regularly has over $100,000 in income each year. You really are not willing to share a few thousand of that with a fellow Arlington school that has much less?[/quote]

This right here is a N Arl parent mindset. The worst part is the I know this poster is all smug and braggy about this like it was some amazing program and obviously the savior of those poor kids.

The Principal was right to cut this off. It’s a terrible program. “Here poor kids we are so rich and better we will share some stuff with you BUT NO WAY could we ever change boundaries at any school ever at any time so that more of you might actually attend any school in N Arl. We have to protect our children’s learning and house values bc we work hard at the right jobs and your dumb parents haven’t figured that out yet so sucks to be you. And besides you poor kids are needed so that we can let our snowflakes have “charitable” and “ community service” opportunities. We love our poors!”[/quote]

How would you draw a boundary that would include both Jamestown and Hoffman-Boston? [/quote]

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