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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so sorry to have annoyed you!  Now that I know it bothers you, I will definitely stop taking an interest and being involved in the discussion about things that pertain to my children's education.  Your opinion is so important and I'm very grateful that you shared.  Please let me know if you find anything else annoying so I can make sure nobody ever does it again. [/quote]

I'm not the PP you responded to, but it's been amazing to me how over the top some parents have been.  I've been to a lot of the meetings and followed listserve discussions here and on MONA.  Many parents have preferences and have articulated reasons for moving or not moving particular planning units.  Others have been far more dramatic, I literally have heard parents loudly say "You are destoying neighborhoods and ripping apart communities!"  I've heard people ask if their 2yr olds can be grandfathered.  Personally, I feel like that level of histrionics is uncalled for.  I live in a boundary neighborhood and we aren't destroyed by having kids in the neighborhood at two different schools.

IMO we should all take an interest in our childrens' education, but the attitudes of some parents during this process have actually been really shocking to me.[/quote]

Agreed. I have been shocked by the targeting.  The surge in school populations have been due to all of the families that have moved in over the last 5 years. READ: WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES/PLANNING UNITS BECAUSE MOST OF US JUST GOT HERE.  Yet, there is hatred and evilness literally spewed on forums and websites about my neighborhood and home school.  WTF?  Mentally ill much?

There also seems to be a serious uptick in people thinking it is is their right to be allowed to attend any school in Arlington.  I don
t like my schol--how do I get into a different one without buying a house in the zone, etc.  That takes a lot of frickin' entitlement to request such special treatment.  I also see a lack of foresight on many parents that knew that was the school when their kids were infants, but now don't want them to go there.

I do get the frustration of people living next to a school and bused elsewhere, that I get, I totally get.  The rest--not so much.  And- the attack on a different neighborhood instead of just going to the county and saying 'hey we as a group feel we should stay at X school' makes much more sense to me than an elaborate plan to uproot an entire different school.  Let APS figure out how to make that happen.  The petition is the request---not your solutions.

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