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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. So they put the maps up and this thread just died.
Really interesting. So... I’m guessing most posters aren’t actually living or know much first hand about south Arlington.
The asfs thread is ridiculous, but you can’t say they aren’t engaged.[/quote]

Guess we really are more chill than NA parents after all. On the other hand, I'll bet a lot of parents who are zoned to Henry or Oakridge now, or want to be, are furiously lobbying the school board about it as we speak. There's some shameful sh1t on the table. Sending Alcova to Fleet? The Berkeley Apts 
to Drew? Those kids can see Oakridge out their window. It's literally across the street.[/quote]

Part of Alcova can see Fleet, too.  But you think it's shit to send them to Fleet?
Conversely, part of Alcova can walk to Patrick Henry in 5 minutes but gets a bus to Barcroft.  Same as Berkeley would get to Drew.
I disagree with your premise; but I agree that taking a more affluent PU from Barcroft to Fleet and a very large low-income development away from Oakridge to Drew are bad ideas.  However, keep in mind that Alcova will have 172 units of affordable housing opening the year Fleet opens.  That, along with the fact that a lot of current Alcova kids opt out and don't attend Barcroft now anyway, moving them to Fleet won't have a very negative impact demographically - especially the first several years while current kids finish at their current option schools.[/quote]

It wasn’t apparent from any of the scenarios that Alcova was going to be moved to Fleet.[/quote]

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