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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That must be the most poorly worded petition I've ever seen. Arlington County doesn't "must" have to do anything. A petition ASKS. It doesn't TELL.

Typical of certain Arlingtonians. Wow.[/quote]

I do not even get why they are trying to throw this is so late in the game.  I agree wholeheartedly with the posts that came before me--these people have no idea what they are asking for.  [b]They also appear to have hate/animosity [/b][b]towards one neighborhood[/b].  The few clueless ones that signed it because that thought they were protecting their spots at Taylor have no idea that what they were signing was asking for those in Key boundary to essentially have no school.  Try telling that to people that paid a lot of frickin' money for a particular school.

The people I have met that are the most steamed up about this issue are the people that purchased a home outside of boundary for a specific school assuming they could just lottery into the one they wanted later.  That assumption was a giant mistake.  You always keep abreast of school zoning issues when purchasing and you should only buy into a school district you are satisfied with.  I have seen the same mistake with DC residents that figure they will just go to X Charter school and then are astounded when their kid becomes school age and realize it is not an option.

I get the people living next door to one school and being zoned to one farther away.  I also would not like that, but again you knew that when you bought your house.[/quote]

Well yes, my read is "hate/animosity" is definitely the tone of the petition. The petitioners assume they know what's going on in Rosslyn/Clarendon. They're completely oblivious to the changes happening right under their noses and so they've taken a superior attitude towards people living in those neighborhood. But the county is aware of it's demographic. My 200+ unit building is considered a neighborhood in and of itself by the county with a price range of $900K to $9million per unit. Currently, about 10-15% of my building's unit owners have school age or will have school age children in the near future. We definitely bought with the school pyramid in mind and would never have made the mistake of thinking we could simply petition into the school district we'd like.  Even the empty nesters, picked the area and building considering the school pyramid. We are also assessed a special luxury tax which goes to the neighborhood. Lion Village, CC Hills notwithstanding, I doubt the county would consider any boundary changes that would adversely affect Rosslyn. Now days, there are a lot of people in Rosslyn whom the county couldn't easily ignore, despite what the tone of the petition implies. I am surprised the petitioners are clueless of and assume they have the muscle to affect the kind of wrong minded changes they're seeking. [/quote]

Agreed.  It is a very disgruntled, misguided group.  An exhaustive search for a Clarendon/Rosslyn school was conducted last year.  The County/Board looked at potential sites, current structures all over the County.  aSFS/Key were not in crisis state in terms of population/overcrowding in comparison to several other N Arl schools.  This is the first round of zoning changes to take effect on 2015.  [b]We aren't in the talks/on the table for that reason alone[/b].  It is not some secret club getting special treatment.

I am simply disgusted by some of the comments on this petition.  Taylor parents should not have attacked Key boundary families/neighborhoods.  A better tactic of their petition would be to simply address the issue of being able to attend their school or one closer, but not to make another School Zone the target of their petition.  How about--"we want to be able to attend the school closest to our house".  Fine.period.  However, when you make it a personal attack on another neighborhood you have lost your focus.

I didn't win the lottery, now I am going to whine and attack people that actually bought property into the zone I really wanted to be in. Classic.

Stay tuned for counter-useless petition....
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