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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's almost as if they didn't do this they are doing a really bad job of managing taxpayer resources.  Because leaving 400+ seats empty when there [b]aren't any signs they're filling back up again anytime soon [/b]would be bad management.[/quote]

That’s really the question, isn’t it? APS says there are fewer births in VA so there will be fewer students. Common sense says Boomers are cashing out of APS in droves, properties are being redeveloped, and people are moving in with 2-3 kids because of the schools. FCCPS is a much smaller district and got caught completely unawares of enrollment growth this year. If you plan for 95%-100% capacity you can’t accommodate anything that isn’t dictated by birth data from 5 years ago limited to people who lived in APS at the time. [/quote]

Or as the other active thread suggests, Arlington is getting wealthier and wealthier and the exodus to private school will continue (probably at a slow trickle).  [b]Your assertion that boomers are leaving in droves and people are moving in with 2-3 kids is speculation. [/b] Doesn't really seem like the basis to leave 400+ seats of schools in a single part of the County under enrolled when the space could smartly be used to save what will amount to a lot of money  (no renting or building out appropriate swing space and ability to move faster and cheaper and not stage school renovation projects).

I don't think FCCPS is particularly relevant to APS.
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NP - This is not really speculation, take a look at the specific redevelopment that's happening everywhere in N. Arlington.  My neighborhood is full of young families with elementary and younger kids buying boomers' teardowns and pop-ups.  And those kids are going to our neighborhood elementary.[/quote]

Generalizations based on what you see on your street are the definition of speculation.

I live on a street filled with Boomers going absolutely nowhere.

What I see is smaller old homes that housed families now get torn down and the same number of people move into giant houses.  Pretty normal cycle of life in terms of people coming and going.  The houses are just getting bigger because more $.[/quote]

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