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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to this discussion. So, part of what I see is this - the county sees that once Gillian Place comes on board, Barcroft will not only be insanely overcrowded, again, but it will jump well above 80%FRL. So, Barcroft needs to shed some poor folks, so hey send the kids south of the Pike away to Drew since there is no other place with seats.

Drew is already in a poor neighborhood, so who cares! Barcroft parents have become just a tad more vocal over the years, especially after Arlington Mill was assigned to Barcroft instead of Carlin Springs.

Remember, Barcroft used to be one of the most overcrowded schools in the county, second only to Oakridge. Relief at Barcroft was one of reasons Fleet was built in the first place.[/quote]

APS uses the term "shifting demographics" to describe the now annual opening of very large 100% CAF buildings with hundreds of units that swamp local schools.. To name a few: Arlington Mill, gilliam, the Berkeley and now also Columbia Hills, a 229 unit 100% CAF building opening next year in Columbia Forest (140 units are 2 and 3 bedroom) and will be zoned to abingdon. It's across the street from the Drew zoned portion of CF So that leads me to believe that APS is maybe trying to spread around these giant complexes to various elementary schools as best they can, even when the powers that be cram them into the same half mile stretch of Columbia pike. [/quote]

If APS would actually treat the entire district like one school system, they could "spread around these giant complexes" to more elementary schools and not concentrate poverty in a handful of schools.  But they refuse to do boundaries across Route 50 or in a north/south direction instead of east/west.

It is unfathomable that APS has decided to prioritize proximity above all else in this time of overcrowding and continued growth.  We don't have this luxury to continue catering to people's "preferences" and alleged "needs" and clear prejudices and sense of entitlements to go to the school closest to their home - poor or rich, I don't care.  This whole approach is a complete disservice to our kids, to our schools, to Arlington County.  APS doesn't give a sh** that has been identified as a highly segregated school system - one of the wealthiest and THE smallest county in the COUNTRY - but OMG did we jump and fight to make sure we weren't classified as hyper-segregated!  It's perfectly fine to miss that cut-off by a point or two; but god forbid we technically meet the definition.  Well how about changing your boundary policies to get off that list insteaof teetering on the category edge and justifying it?[/quote]

Get over yourself. Yes the county is small but traffic sucks. In our two working parent household, every minute counts. As it is now we are racing to pick up kids before extended day closes, get them home, fed and to bed at a decent time. So yes, proximity is my number one prioroity.  If diversity is so important, then the county board has to address it through housing policy. Not bussing my kids around. [/quote]

Get over your self. Everyone lives in a working parent household. You know whether the school is 1 mile or 2 miles away is immaterial. You just don't want to go to a school that has more poor kids. Don't hide behind traffic woes. [/quote]

No -- everyone doesn't live in a TWO working parent household.  And as someone else said, we aren't talking 1 versus 2 miles.  Stop your undertones of calling me racist because I want my kids in a school close to home, with other kids who live nearby and in the community where we live.  I didn't buy in to your social engineering.  And I'm sure you are one of those who just sings the praises of diversity, but what you really mean is diversity of skin color and background -- not political views.  And once you hear someone like me say they support the 2nd amendment or something like that, you want to shut me up.  So take your whining liberal views and open up to what you really want -- a community that may not LOOK like you but THINKS exactly like you.[/quote]

DP.  No, not everyone lives in a TWO working parent household.  Some live in a one parent household period.  Some bounce between two homes that may have one or two parents in each. And still others live in shelters or bounce around form place to place or just don't have a home at all.  But regardless of where  your planning unit is assigned, your kids ARE going to school with other kids who live nearby from "your" community.  God forbid they meet and become friends with some kid somewhere else in the County.

Cramming all the affordable housing in the same neighborhoods is social engineering; so stop calling efforts to diversify the demographics in schools social engineering like it's a crime against humanity.  Every policy we make is social engineering.  [/quote]

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