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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At $3500/month, you could rent at Cherry Hill apartments in North Arlington- we lived there during a recent renovation and it was great.   Not on the metro but the bus service is super convenient and the apartments were so nice (large modern 3bedroom for that price).   I think the elementary school isTaylor.   [/quote]

Thanks for the feedback on Cherry Hill. Somehow the impression I got from reading about Taylor was it catered to a the rich, non-diverse base?

We are also not sure about the new school at Key site..Long branch, Glebe, Ashlawn? perhaps..[/quote]
I’m currently at asfs, where the majority of the school is going to the new school at key.  So far I have not been impressed with the new principal for key.  
The main downside for either Asfs or key is that both communities are largely apartment building/multi family housing.  This makes this student population very transient— I have a fifth grader and every year she’s had to make new friends because her bffs from the previous year move either to another part of Arlington or out of the area (state department).  Talking to other parents, it seems like the area around key is more transient than other parts of Arlington.  It’s not a big deal, but it does mean a lot of parents aren’t particularly engaged in school activities.  Other than from Lyon Village and Courthouse/Clarendon (which isn’t supposed to be at key, I think courthouse and Clarendon stayed at asfs with the latest boundary), there aren’t a lot of parents who can commit a lot of time to the school.

It’s a very international community, but will have a f/rl rate of close to 40% (so similar to hb in that regard).  Since it’s a brand new school community, there’s going to be a lot of growing pains from there being a new school with a new pta.  Only one current pta officer from asfs will be at the new school, so it will be interesting to see if more parents step up or if they just downscope pta activities.

Another area to look would be Barrett.  That’s also a very diverse community and would be a short commute.[/quote]

Thanks for this perspective. I'll look into Barrett as well. [/quote]

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