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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish the saveMcK people would think about what they are saying.  I spoke to one of them at extended day pickup last night b/c they were trying to get me on board.  One argument was that the buses won't fit, but no school can fit the buses all at once.  We already for 8 this year (according to a teacher) and they wait on Ohio Drive.  That's not a problem and it seems like what other schools would do if they are on bigger roads.  They also said that their kids won't be healthy b/c APS is going to prevent them from walking and put them on a bus.  I asked what that meant for the over [u]500[/u] kids at McK now who aren't walkers and why everyone shouldn't then be able to walk to their closest school and I didn't get an answer.  I guess the only ones who should benefit from walking are those who are close now, forget the rest of us.  Obviously, that didn't sit well and didn't help earn an ally.  Then their was the talk of how McK was built for art, but I've seen the plans for the new school and there isn't much that is unique to McK.  If the argument is that McK needs to remain an neighborhood school, they need to show the data that supports the area from Wilson north needs that many seats for neighborhood kids. I always thought McK would lose a lot to Reed and then pick up some Ashlawn.  It's obvious APS isn't really good at balancing enrollment b/c they have several schools with low numbers and several at or around 100 when they are all clustered together.  SaveMcK people, show APS how they need all the neighborhood seats.  [b]McK isn't any more special that any other school, so cut that out.  [/quote][/b]
Every school needs to start realizing it isn't any more special than any other school.  And certainly no more entitled - regardless of test scores or waitlists.
This isn't about any one school or program - it's about Arlington Public Schools and its ability to remain a reputable quality public education system in the next ten - twenty years as enrollment continues to grow.  I'm not willing to sacrifice multiple schools for the salvation of one or two self-deemed superior ones.  [/quote]

Agreed. Change is hard for [i]the parents[/i] going through it, but the kids will be fine. The decisions being made now are for the benefit of the system as a whole. If moves and changes were always delayed because they are unpopular with current parents, then no necessary changes would EVER be made in our rapidly growing system.

Get a grip, McKinley, ATS, and Key.[/quote]

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