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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What??? I live in Arlington so my kids won't have to deal with the DCPS kids. [/quote]

Whether you are parodying others or just being honest, you have accurately summarized the views of almost every white and Asian parent in Arlington (whether they care to believe it or not).[/quote]

Which is part of the reason why population isn't going to peak and level off any time soon. As long as the DC Metro area continues to grow, new residents who come to DC for the jobs but don't want to live in DC and tangle with DCPS, but who don't want intolerable commutes, are going to move into Arlington. I don't see that trend reversing anytime soon, and as south Arlington "gentrifies" the number of kids moving in is going to go WAY up (which is probably not 
accounted for in the APS projections). We're already seeing it in the "best" school zones in south Arlington: Henry, Oakridge, Claremont. Those populations have boomed. As soon as some other school zones see a critical mass of affluent families who enroll instead of opting for private, choice, or moving, those schools zones will explode, too. Coupled with an increase in multi-family housing across Arlington, and the building of new AH targeted at families, I don't see how this trend of increasing student population reverses. We need to prepare for the students who are here, and the ones that are most assuredly coming in the future. Good luck trying to wish them away. [/quote]

When the new south Arlington elementary school opens, school boundaries will be redrawn. If there is a better distribution of affluent homes, it's going to push the student population up even more. Abingdon, Hoffman Boston and even possibly Randolph suddenly become much more palatable. Not that middle class families aren't sending kids there now, but if those schools see a shift toward 25% "white" middle class- those neighborhoods will blow up even more, and those families aren't going to move.
I can't imagine the projections are taking that into account. 
My south Arlington neighborhood has changed dramatically in the 7-8 years we've lived here. My street went from elderly and dinks, to 12 kids under 5. It's crazy. 
I honestly wonder if the county wants to keep some underperforming schools for that reason. It encourages families to move away. That's crazy. I know...[/quote]

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