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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dorsey has kids in the schools? Good - he won't be inclined to ignore this stuff,

He's got my vote!!!

McMeniman always had it.[/quote]

Where does Dorsey have his kids in school??

ATS for the older one. Younger child is in preschool.

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My hild is in 4th grade at ATS and I've never seen him there.  Pretty sure his kid isn't there.  I've been involved in PTA stuff and we have mutual friends from college and I've never crossed paths with him.[/quote]

Even if he is - so what? Either people will be irritated that he left a 9 school and took a spot at ATS from someone at a 4 school, or he choiced  his kid out of a crappy neighborhood school. Kind of a no win situation for him if his kid is there, and it really doesn't matter. 
He is at least willing to listen to reason and sees the school situation in responsible terms.

Cristol is over there living with wizards and unicorns... And sol's don't mean anything.

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PP here -- I completely agree with you.  I'm voting for Dorsey. Just hate when the conversation on anything substantive [b]gets hijacked to bash ATS.[/b]  Thought this might devolve into that.  Glad it hasn't thus far, especially as a South Arlington resident with an overcrowded neighborhood school.[/quote]

Yes.  I don't blame him for sending his daughter there.  Like many of us in S. Arlington, his daughter is zoned for a school that has a pretty low score.  I would send my kids to ATS in a heartbeat if we got a spot.  I'm not flipping out and ready to move because we didn't, but I would be lying if I said I wouldn't take a spot at ATS.

Also, because he or his wife had to attend school tours in order to even enter the lottery, I would assume he has familiarity with at least a couple schools in S Arlington, and he or his wife probably did some research before making their choice, so they have to know more than any of the other candidates about schools down here.  For that reason alone, I think he has his finger on the pulse, and is acutely aware of the crowding and performance issues.  Plus, the fact that his kid is going to a school with so many kids from N Arlington, too, means he is probably hearing a lot of concerns directly from N Arlington families.  I feel like if you're a parent anywhere in Arlington, he is the candidate for you.  He gets it, because he's living it.

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