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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to ideas... please.

I understand the small spaces and multiple owners on Lee, but  it can be done. And yes, it will cost more up front, but it costs the county and community less in the long run if the schools have some semblance of diversity and poverty is not so concentrated. Unless the regulators here stop seeking as much affordable housing as they can get in the south, and fund a smaller but valuable amount in the north, nothing will change. "Cost" is not just the funding needed to purchase the land. And, studies show that the cost to purchase commercial land in North Arlington is not that much more than south. Someone did a study of purchases over the last decade and it was shocking that in some instances land was more costly in South Arlington. [/quote]

The American Legion in Clarendon is being redeveloped as entirely affordable housing. It’s a fairly big parcel about 1.25 acres.  [/quote]

And within walking distance of ASFS, Stratford and W-L.  [/quote]

Interesting. I heard that back before the initiative was put on pause, some Cherrydale parents had been proposing a new boundary for ASFS that was basically Cherrydale + Lyon Village (except the couple blocks east of Barton, ie the block where Key sits) and the mostly SFHs in the ASFS walkzone.  I guess all the apartments currently in Key/ASFS zone would be sent to Key under that plan? Was that ever a real proposal or was that just a rumor?[/quote]
That was exactly what they were proposing and lobbying for.   They had all these spreadsheets showing how well it worked to have the dividing line be Barton.  [/quote]

Yeah I don’t believe the cherrydale faction intended to be racist/classist but combining Lyon village and Cherrydale SFH definitely would have that outcome.

Most current families at ASFS want to keep the current population And maybe tack on a small walk zone. It’s the usurping Cherrydale families looking to seize the school for their neighborhood who have a scorched earth approach and don’t care if they end up kicking out families with less means. [/quote]

How did this go from talking about getting more affordable housing spread across Arlington to the crazy ASFS discussion again.  I feel sorry for the kids who go there.  I wouldn’t want any part of that hatred.  This isn’t a war we’re talking about. [/quote]

Same here.  Feel for those kids.  I'm sure if parents are name calling here they are doing it in the home too.  Sad to see so much disinformation spread.  People will always fear what they cannot see and think bad things about others who they truly don't know at all.  I'm really glad my kids don't attend and aren't part of this but I don't buy for a minute the "usurping" family descriptors.  Sorry - fear monger elsewhere.  [/quote]

You haven’t been at the PTA meetings, it is pretty tense. And when a set of families have designs on taking a school that they do not attend, and actively campaign to have Rosslyn families bused elsewhere b/c they didn’t want their new school over crowded. They met with SB members, so yes active campaigning.

And concern for outsiders influencing our schools interests is far more germane to this thread than any discussion on affordable housing.

Honestly I wish they canned the Arlington way for zone policy; let the staff make a professional recommendation without neighbors infighting   [/quote]

How exactly does a family take a school they don’t attend?  Anyone can meet with SB members.  If their ideas are crazy as you say they are the SB is not  going to listen to them.

APS does need to balance enrollment though so they don’t have to do another boundary process for a very long time. [/quote]

APS policy is to review boundaries at each level no less than every five years. The county is growing and changing too rapidly for anyone to expect that the boundaries drawn now will be around for anything more than five years. Realistic expectations, people.[/quote]

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