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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So those white liberal parents in south Arlington, opting for school that are [i]only [/i]50% fr/l are the problem? But not any white families that can buy their way out of thinking about it.  Right . . . [/quote]

I don't think anyone's saying that. [/quote]

I'll say it. Go look at the APS Board meetings regarding the school moves and boundary changes that took place in N Arlington. Upper middle class white parents with SB connections were able to convince the board to move them to closer schools while the poorer kids in certain planning units will now pass a couple of elementary schools on their way to their new school.

S Arlington's boundary plan I'm sure will be more of the same.

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It was either that or concentrate all of the poor kids at Innovation. I thought that was something else we were supposed to avoid?[/quote]

That's not true. Some of those kids live closer to Taylor or Long Branch (which was not in play, I know. I have a sneaking suspicion it will be those poor kids who will be moved twice, in 2021 and 2022.)

And I'm no crazy Key parent, but I'm still not convinced that school had to move. A lot of parents moved into Key's walk zone so that their kids could walk to school. But it was the rich parents in Rosslyn and Lyon Park that lobbied hard for that move. They could have just solved this issue just as they will do at the former ATS building: make a trailer park! No recess for the option kids because the neighborhood kids are more important! But at least they'll eat outside because it's the only option they'll have without lunch starting at 9:30.[/quote]

Are you that clueless bike nut?

No, it wasn’t “rich” parents in Rosslyn. There were plenty of “poor” families who didn’t want to bus past 2+ other schools.

And it certainly wasn’t Lyon Park - those families go to Long Branch.

Choice schools are a choice. 
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I'm an ASFS parent. Even I can see that the poor students had no say in the matter at all.

Some PTA Exec Board members have been working on the board for years. After a few sputters, they got what they wanted.

My kid will be able to walk to school, so yea? Meanwhile it's now the poor kids who will be driving by 3 schools on the way to school.

And I think OP meant Lyon Village. I get confused too.[/quote]

Are you taking about that little bit above Lee Highway that got moved to Taylor? I don’t see anyone driving past 3 schools to get to their assigned school on this map. https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Elementary-Immersion-Map-SY-2021-22-April-2021-Update.pdf South of Clarendon and west of Courthouse got the short end of the stick distance wise but they are at the same school as always. [/quote]

I think PP is talking about the Key kids. Who are at a CHOICE school. If anyone is driving past other schools, it should be the choice students.

The "poor" kids in Rosslyn will be happy not to bus past multiple schools to their "neighborhood school".  :roll:

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OP here. I am talking about the Key kids, but not in the way that you are.

If they had to move, there were better buildings that could handle their capacity. Giving them a tiny building and making ASFS's problems theirs wasn't the answer. Now they will deal with PE in the hallways and 10am lunch instead.

There are FARM families in Rosslyn and Lyon Village, but even with the affordable housing units coming online, I'm sure it doesn't come close to equaling Key's FARM rate percentage. If I was going to guess what's going to happen now, the FARM kids who live around the new Innovation school will try the new Key building, realize that busing to George Mason won't work for them with parent schedules and engagement. and then transfer back to Innovation or ASFS, elevating the FARM percentages at both schools even more.

I'm not even a Key family, and I can see the unfairness of it all. And I'm not the poster who goes to ASFS either. Third party who does believe in looking at all sides of the equity argument in all matters. Bring on the "CRT."[/quote]

I'm not interested in the school moves debate, but the last sentence gave me pause. Who are APS to implement culturally sensitive curricula when they can't even practice it themselves?

Whatever CRT actually is, it needs to start at the top.[/quote]

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