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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People need to get their heads out of their asses and use their brains. If they don't take demographics into consideration, what exactly do they think is going to happen to WL in a couple of years? More and more people are going to try and shoehorn into whatever the new boundary is, especially if they increase the Wakefield FARMS rate. Hell, I bought for a home zoned Wakefield and have been totally fine with it, but I'll move in bounds for WL when the time comes, if Wakefield's demographics deteriorate. 
We'll be right back where we started. It's a system wide problem, and has to be addressed as such.
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Do you really think everyone will be successful at selling their homes in s. Arlington and moving to north?  If thry could have they already would be here.[/quote]

Yes, you ignorant snob, I do. If Wakefield becomes a no go school for every home buyer,[b] you will also have new residents to Arlington not considering south Arlington and crowding into the North in even greater numbers[/b]. [b]Use your brain[/b]. [/quote]

THIS, FOR THE CHEAP SEATS.

And plus also, the county cannot afford to destabilize one of its three high schools, and tank the housing values of thousands of property owners zoned Wakefield. The county relies on the taxes, based on real estate assessments, to fund services to all parts of Arlington. If every home in south Arlington zoned Wakefield suddenly depreciates, the county will have less money for the services all residents enjoy. Good luck getting a fourth HS of any kind then. Bye, bye, additional 1300 seats. [/quote]

I did use my brain.  I bought a house in N. Arlington very close to my choice HS.  You and others in S. Arlington decided to take a risk by buying into neighborhoods zoned for Wakefield.  The market price reflects this disparity.  Contrary to your claims that everyone will move, I don't think there is enough inventory for everyone who would like to do so to be able to do it. Moreover, when i was single, and newly married but childless, I did live in S. Arlington.  It's even closer to my office in DC, and the rental market there remains strong (we as other childless renters there do not care about the quality of the schools in S. Arlington).  So, I don't believe it will be all doom and gloom as you predict for the majority of property taxes (i.e., apt complexes and commercial real estate buildings).  Once I started thinking about where to settle down long term, I bought a house in the north.  It sounds like you are now bitter that your choice may negatively impacting your kids.

The poster who talks about tanking housing values should really be directing this wrath at the County Board.  They're the ones who are approving more and more affordable housing units, which is further excaberating the overcrowding in the south of poorer students.  The last time I checked it was not the school board's responsibility to consider plummeting housing values in the south but to think about what benefits the entire school population not just the poor students.  The SB has identified SIX factors that should be weighed in deciding who needs to be moved out of WL, not just demographics.

What do you really expect most rational parents in the North to do?  Agree to bussing their kids to a HS across town that has weaker academics when they would prefer to be closer to their neighborhood schools?  Sorry, if the rest of us would prefer not to be part of that social experiment at the expense of our kids' educations.  You are free to move up here, since you claim that most would be able to do so.  If the prices in Wakefield decrease, the prices in the northern parts may increase.  That appreciation may offset some of the decpreciation in the south, so the net effect on property taxes may not be as substantial as you claim.

What is funny is that the prior threads accused parents in the north of racism, but it's actually now turned to a discussion of property values.  [/quote]

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