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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you link to that density map?
I think the CB is out of their minds approving more and more AH projects, especially the large number of multi-family ones, with NO SEATS for the children this brings in and the taxpayers asking to foot the 90K (?) per student per year, yet crying at every turn that there is NO MONEY for these students, or the existing students, and NO SPACE.  They are insane to push for this increase in density, and especially to push for non-taxpaying increase in density.

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The dynamic between the SB and CB is f'd, I agree, mostly because half the SB at any given time wants to be on the CB and that basically means pledging allegiance to affordable housing. It's their top priority and our county budgets show it.

That said, kids from affordable units aren't really driving crowding. It's part of the story but the schools they are zoned for are among the least crowded in the county.[/quote]

False. APS staff admitted it themselves. They aren't generating as many kids as SFHs, but that's because there are fewer units of AH than SFH. But per unit, CAFs generate the same number of students as a SFH (I will try to find this today). And I'll post the heat density maps, too, if I can. You can see the outlines of Arlington Mill and a couple other CAF properties. It's plain as day.

When staff went over the report at one of the work sessions, NVD practically jumped down the staffer's throat saying that it didn't matter where kids were coming from and they should just move on. Oh, it DOES matter. It may look like CAFs aren't contributing to crowding because when the school they are zoned to reaches a tipping point, the kids from SFHs flee. Hence the crowding at nearby neighborhood schools that aren't very high poverty, and the option schools. But to say that they aren't contributing to crowding is just as ridiculous as claiming that the tear downs and subsequent subdivision of SFH lots isn't also contributing. It's all part of it, and we need to demand that they CB and SB work together to figure out how to build the amenities that all these people, whether they live in CAFs or SFHs, are moving here to utilize.

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I said affordable housing is part of the story. It is part. It isn't the whole story. Arlington is whiter and has less affordable housing now than 10-15 years ago. so while affordable housing certainly influences the housing market within the county, other factors are also at work. There are simply more people here too.[/quote]

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