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No really I’m very serious. Slow claps. You all believed and achieved. I didn’t understand when I bought in south Arlington, that education was a zero sum game in APS. I’m clear about it now. I’m truly happy for you all. [/quote]

Let me get this straight.  You bought in Arlington, knowing that for the most part schools were zoned by neighborhood. Some outliers like Buckingham being bused to Swanson and the Williamsburg island, but overall Arlington has been built around neighborhood schools at least in the twenty years that I've lived here.

Knowing this, you bought in a part of Arlington that it sounds like has less stellar schools, and you're upset that APS didn't turn the entire system on its head to bus kids all over the place thus improving your kids' school for you?  I'm not sure where the righteous indignation comes from.  Either you bought in a neighborhood you liked and which had schools that worked for you, in which case you shouldn't be upset that people all over Arlington did the same thing by buying in neighborhoods close to schools that work for their family.  Or, you bought hoping that the system would bend to your will, in which case you can't really be upset that you lost that battle.

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NP - We live in S Arlington and will apply to every choice elem, because we're zoned for Barcroft. Any choice school is better. I would love to hope we'll be rezoned to the new school because we live east of Mason, but that seems like a poor plan. Barcroft is the most under capacity school in S Arlington, I think. We bought in S Arlington because of the choice option as a fall back, but hoping the school we were zoned for got better. It's only gotten worse. But then, that huge apartment complex, also called Barcroft is supposed to become townhouses? And Food Star is set to become nice apartments. Change is coming![/quote]

Dp - WTF?!?!?! Are you talking about?
Seriously, where on earth did you get that Barcroft apts is going to turned into town homes? I need to know where you heard this, but it can not be a credible source. 
Sure, if Barcroft were gone -Wakefield, Barcroft, and Randolph would see a substantial shift in their demographics. Yes. 
Except NO, because it ISN’T going to happen. 
Unless your name is Delashmutt and you have some news to share...
I’m guessing not. 
There are plans to ADD MORE AFFORDABLE APTS to BARCROFT APARTMENTS. HUNDREDS MORE!

Please, for the love of god, go read the the Columbia Pike plan. 
Barcroft apts is a lynchpin in the affordable housing mafia’s agenda. I guarantee the development rights have been transferred. It’s a hill they will die on. It’s 57 acres and it will remain a blight on Arlington for years to come.
Oh, and guess what? Our lovely county voted just voted to conserve housing districts. So those older apartments can’t be turned into sfh’s now. Just voted on.

You people really have no clue. 
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Well, you are also incorrect on a number of points. The Barcroft Apartments, which are largely zoned Randolph and are not actually located within the Barcroft Civic Association, are not covered by the Housing Conservation District. My guess is that you are correct that they have transferred the development rights and/or there are so many other tools being used here that there is no additional need for an incentive to prevent redevelopment of this property, therefore your assertion that they plan to add hundreds of apartments on that same site is a bit suspect. Also, these rights are divorced from the property even if it's sold, so it's not like they could just suddenly build more units if the current owners sell. Basically, whatever is happening at this site, it's not under risk of being redeveloped any time soon. For either townhomes or high density low-income housing. [/quote]

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