Reply to Can we spreadload FRL% across APS? Arlington / Education Newbie here

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "Can we spreadload FRL% across APS? Arlington / Education Newbie here"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Wow do you assume fARM a kids want to be bussed around and not attend their neighborhood schools. The easier way to fix the disparity between north and south Arlington school is to kill the option schools (other than immersion). It’s a brain/resources drain on the south arl schools. But, ironically, super woke Arlington loves school choice. In the meantime, the school board and other woke parents will push fake equity shit instead of doing the one thing that would make the biggest difference.

Besides the Immersion ES’s, there’s what, 3 option ES? ATS, Montessori, and Campbell. All 3 of those schools have FRL % far exceeding NA schools. So, how does that do anything? I don’t think that would make the difference you’re asserting.

Yeah, I think that could make more UMC/MC move out of S. Arlington (so a permanent brain/resource drain) to either north or to FCPS or private. Then you have real estate in S. Arlington losing value, which makes it possible for AHC to swoop up more tracts, and it's a downward spiral from there.[/quote]

Yes - this exactly!!! All these people who are anti-option school assume you get rid of options and suddenly the FRL #s in S. Arlington will balanced.  That isn't true - again because there are so many more FRL kids in S. Arlington and because N. Arlington families also use options.  You get rid of options and maybe you have 4-5 non-frl kids in a classroom rather than 2-3. Still not enough to make it ok so you lose buy-in and they either move or go private. They don't stick around to go to majority poverty schools.  Options create buy-in and provide a reason to stick it out with arlington.  Whats going to be really interesting is when Wakefields #s which have been creeping up finally hit that mark where people panic and you get a situation where people are not willing to send kids there.  Will the county build that 4th high school or will you have an issue with the house of cards crumbling?  [/quote]

I actually think ArlCo wants people who can afford private to leave APS to make room in the already overcrowded schools.  There won’t be money for a 4th high school.  I would expect novel solutions like virtual school and office space being leased for “vertical schools.”[/quote]

I agree with this, but I think it's really shortsighted of APS and the county. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics