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[quote=Anonymous]I think parts of south Arlington are moving up, but other areas will go down, much further down.

One of the reasons for the moving and slight expansion of Henry was to relieve overcrowding at Henry and Barcroft. By moving the school where they did, alcova heights must be within the new boundary. That is the only way to relieve overcrowding at Barcroft since the route 50 line is do sacred. Most farm kids at Barcroft live 3 small blocks from the school. So they will continue to go there. That takes half of the SFH out of Barcroft, making that school less diverse. And, 60+ % farms is not diverse, now that school will be more like randolph.

Part of the reason Henry has been performing do well is because it lost a lot of affordable housing in the school zone. It's farms numbers are way down to what is now a school with diversity numbers more in line with the county average. That isn't meant minimize the excellent work of the school's staff, but a factor.

So, yes, new arlington families are paying lots to live in south arlington neighborhoods, but some more than others. West end of the pike has gone down in value, not up because of the concentration of cheap housing and crime. the county has no intention of stopping the construction of more affordable housing along the western pike, none.

Lots of very vocal people want to keep south arlington highly minority and poor.  The goal is to provide shelter for local low wage workers. For some, It feeds their sense of justice and they think schools with high rates of poverty are fine.

Many many families give south arlington schools a try, them get fed up and leave. You get more for your money there, but some later decide tthat education is more important. Those who bought pre kids tend to leave.

Check SB candidates' positions on last summer's affordable housing master plan and geographic distribution of affordable housing. It will tell you a lot.
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