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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This argument is premised on the idea that the boundaries process is designed to move homes from overcrowded schools and into the undercrowded ones. The most recent round in South Arlington showed the exact opposite of that happening. Neighborhoods fought to stay in Oakridge, Abingdon, and Fleet (even under plans where Fleet was instantly oversubscribed) in order to avoid Barcroft and Drew. And all but one of those neighborhoods got their way.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Academic research concluded that throwing money at poor schools will only do so much to close the achievement gap. Socio economic Integration does a much better job.

2. Amazon will only worsen the school inequality issues because affordable housing advocates are lobbying hard to use amazon money (where ever it is) to build more affordable housing, in south Arlington of course. The board agrees with them. They all seem to think amazon people will want to live along the western pike and push up prices.[/quote]

I agree with that assessment. Amazon employees will be no different than your typical high income people around here. They’ll pack into the Fleet and Oakridge zones, like has been happening for years, but that’s it. Every other SA school has so many CAFs and market rate (Barcroft Apts, mostly) and it’s not mathematically possible to replicate the steady lowering of a high FRL rate like at Henry or Oakridge. Those schools were above 60 percent 15 years ago, 
but because their boundaries have always consisted of mostly SFH, it was possible for them to become balanced, even integrated for a time, as new families bought former rental homes and homes from grannies. Amazon money will bring even more CAFs. It’ll probably underwrite an expansion of Barcroft Apts.[/quote]

They can try, but all it will do is push some of them into another school, like Barcroft. There isn't room in the boundary for Fleet for another school, and despite what some people think, the school your house was zoned to when you bought it doesn't mean you have access to it in perpetuity.[/quote][/quote]

Yes, but at some point, APS would have to stop capitulating. Frankly, Drew didn't want those families at first. The original plan turned it into a UMC school, but the history there won out.[/quote]

This statement is not only inaccurate but nonsensical. There was no plan that made Drew UMC, lol. And there were no families that Drew didn't "want." [/quote]

Actually, during the walk boundary/redistricting, one of the plans presented explored taking the PUs south of the Pike from Henry and some of the affluent PUs from Oakridge to Drew. The Drew PTA and Nauck civic assoc said they wanted a neighborhood school, not one overrun by UMC families from outside, so the Oakridge PUs were dropped.[/quote]

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