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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to state my personal desire to not turn APS into a lottery of ATS, specialized school options.  Neighborhood schools have tremendous value and having your children be able to wander the streets with their friends and knowing the families in each house is worth a lot more to me than these specialized options and knowing that MY school is the BEST scoring elementary school in Arlington is so stupid to me I can’t even tell you. [/quote]

You do realize that some neighborhoods are split up and not everyone is assigned to a school full of SFHs where the kids can just wander the streets, right?[/quote]

I don’t obviously.  Logically, we should tear apart neighborhood schools as a result.  And it was wrong of me to suggest they have value.  Sigh.

I value play over scores and I value my child’s independence over the “top elementary environment.” But, my values are less important in APS/public school where testing gods reign and we should all have access to the best of everything.  [/quote]

Also adding that the option schools are a way to provide a better education for families who can’t afford to buy into YOUR neighborhood.  You bought your way into a school you’re happy with; you don’t get to judge people who don’t have that option, or who have kids with more at stake with respect to their educational opportunities.  You don’t get to come on here and call them “stupid.”[/quote]

DP.  WOW. I guess your resentment was triggered! Enjoy your option school.[/quote]

DP, I felt that same way about that post, and it's not resentment, its annoyance at the people who are like "neighborhood schools have tremendous value." I live in Green Valley and sent my kids to Drew, because we walk the walk. If you live north of Lee Highway, you paid three times as much as me for the same size house and lot in the same school system and basically the same commute to DC but a much different "neighborhood school." Other things I'm tired of hearing: "I don't care about test scores"--generally only said by highly educated upper middle class people who have lots of privileges, including the privilege of not having to worry about things like the quality of their neighborhood school because exclusionary zoning and small neighborhood boundary zones mean only the children of other highly educated upper middle class people will be there, and test scores don't signify anything. [/quote]

Thanks for pointing out the exclusionary zoning issue.  Many (but of course not all) of the people adamant that the schools must be neighborhood schools don’t want a million dollar duplex let alone an affordable housing building in their neighborhood.  These things are all connected.[/quote]

yes, exactly, the missing middle debate definitely shone a light on what north arlington's values really are (as if school boundary fights weren't enough)[/quote]

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