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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Randolph can be 100% filled with walkers. It’s boundary may even shrink in the upcoming changes. Hopefully the Board will do the right thing and extend Ashlawn south of 50, keep Long Branch partly south of 50, keep south of CP at Fleet, move some of Arlington Ridge to Drew, make key a neighborhood school but extend boundaries further up into Lyon Park. One Arlington. Start focusing on central Arlington and let other overcrowding continue one more year till Reed opens. Just do it all at once. Be bold APS. [/quote]

There isn't a snowball's chance that APS won't move only the poorest kids and AH zoned to Oakridge -- all of which is in the Oakridge walk zone - to Drew. Including the Berkeley, which is currently being renovated to be twice its current size. When that happens, Arlington ridge will pretend to care about losing their school's diversity but they won't do anything meaningful to protect it. Drew will be well over 50% farms, and Oakridge will prob be 10 or lower.

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How do you know this? Also, when is this decision expected to be made?[/quote]

The zones for Drew and the surrounding schools will be presented this fall. I know they will move Arna Valley because of "proximity". Even though Arna Valley is entirely within the Oakridge walk zone walk zone and separated from Drew by an 8 lane freeway whose only crossing is Glebe Rd, itself a four lane artery that crosses highway exit ramps with no pedestrian signals. It's also the least well to do of the Oakridge zones neighborhood. APS wouldn't dare zone a neighborhood that is already riding buses to Oakridge and instead bus them to Drew, because they put up a huge fight and have the resources to do it.[/quote]

I don't understand the proximity argument for moving Arna Valley to Drew.  None of that is really walkable to Drew, and much of it is just as feasibly close to Oakridge.  Both apparently require buses due to major roads; so split Arna Valley - it's a big development - and then also send a bunch of wealthy Oakridgers to HB.[/quote]

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