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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When a group of S Arlington parents tried to raise this issue about 7-8 years ago they were shouted down by affordable housing advocates, school board members and S Arlington residents. Not N Arlington families.  [/quote]

They weren't just shouted down.  They were called racist NIMBYs.[/quote]

The only SB member who has really tried to make headway on this issue is RG. And he was not treated kindly by the chair at the time. People like to vaguely blame N. Arlington, but the entities listed above really do the work of maintaining the status quo.[/quote]

RG helped to make some awful decisions with regards to zoning at that time. He is refusing to budge on the 15 kids per grade who should go to W&L with all of their neighbors and middle school but are zoned for Yorktown based on a crappy 2017 zoning decision. These kids will lose their community of friends they start high school. It's an island of zoning (Ashlawn- Kenmore).

Some neighbors have been trying to work with him unsuccessfully.

https://www.insidenova.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-arlington-school-boundary-efforts-do-not-put-needs-of-students-first/article_371911ae-47ab-11ec-9877-f7d76a1cc327.html[/quote]
If you're looking for a friend in RG for this, you're barking up the wrong tree.  RG digs in whenever he sees individual little neighborhood pockets lobbying, especially if they are organized.  Even if it makes sense, he will be against it because he thinks that they are looking at things from a "benefit my child" position and its his job to look at it from a "benefits the county" perspective.  Even in cases where the staff made a mistake, or the county and your child's interests are aligned.

I remember that group complaining about being zoned away from Swanson in MS boundaries in 2017.  If I remember it, you can definitely bet that staff does.  They are going to dig in just to piss you guys off and because they have a score to settle.  Sounds petty but I'm serious.

You might have better luck with Monique or Barbara or maybe David Priddy.
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