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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re doing now what they should have done in the last boundary change. Abingdon’s growth isn’t going to slow, and Drew has space. They are adjacent. It’s not rocket surgery.[/quote]
They won’t move Fairlington, they’ll find some other solution with fringe planning units[/quote]

Their proposal makes clear they are not moving Fairlington.  They are moving the planning units that aren't even contiguous and contain affordable housing.  [/quote]

There are no more contiguous PUs to pull in. Anything would be non-contiguous. The justification for the units they are planning to move is they already take a bus to Abingdon, now they will just take a bus to Drew.

But yeah, most of the people I know who live in the SFH/townhome/duplexes in those PUs already go to an option school- mostly Claremont and Campbell. Drew will remain a high poverty school. Not much can be done about it. [/quote]

Fairlington is also NOT in the walk zone to Abingdon.   So, why not move it?  Oh wait.  Because APS doesn't want the fight.  [/quote]

I thought Fairlington got moved into the walk zone two years ago (i.e., after the 2018 boundary process debacle)? Is that not the case? [/quote]

Honestly, moving Fairlington won't change much. Remember when they moved the DP triangle including "millionaires row" from Henry to Drew? It didn't increase the capacity at Drew whatsoever. Only two families from that street ended up sending their children to Drew and I think a total of 5 families in the whole DP Triangle ended up going to Drew. The rest are in option schools and private schools. Fairlington doesn't want to go to Drew either and they will do what the DP triangle did and find ways out. I'm not saying any of this is right, it just is what it is. As long as there are option schools in Arlington and private schools for those with money, Drew's enrollment will be down and their FRL rate will be high. [/quote]

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