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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There aren't any proposals, at least not yet, that [i]increase[/i] busing. That's pure hyperbole, as was the outcry against a 4th HS.

You don't want to be rezoned to Kenmore, we get it. You're not willing to give up some convenience for a "lesser" school. You paid good money for your "better" school, and why shouldn't you get to keep it?

But you realize, if they do build a HS at Kenmore at some future point, the likely boundary would look an awful lot like the proposed diversity/proximity blended Kenmore MS option boundary, except maybe extended further N to pull in more kids? They can't draw the boundary further S, because then you're on Wakefield's property. So if being zoned to a diverse school in S Arlington makes you break out in a sweat, I suggest you think long and hard. One day, all the kids in your PU could be zoned to a HS on the Kenmore property. If that's a deal-breaker, you should probably just move now. Or join the anti-4th HS chorus and deal with shift schedules, mega schools bursting at the seams, and option schools that won't be in your neighborhood either. 
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I'm the PP and was actually a very vocal supporter of a 4th comprehensive HS at Kenmore.  We are equidistant between Yorktown and W-L, and Kenmore, and there were many ways to get 4 comprehensive high schools well-balanced in both size and diversity.  We are a 6 or 7min walk from Swanson.  Upthread someone made the very good point that when you get upwards of 40% FARMS the academic success of all kids is impacted, and the insertion of a certain percentage of higher SES kids isn't enough to offset. So yes, if you are going to pull my kid from a high performing school less than 1/2mi from our house, to a school that is at or near that tipping point I have a huge issue with it.

If the community truly cares about diversity and wants to ensure that all schools are equally good (as the SB will already claim they are), then let's bus like crazy.  Take kids from CC Hills and ship them to Jefferson.  Take kids from the western edge of the Pike and ship them to Williamsburg.  Make islands everywhere so that we get all the schools under 40% FARMS.  Let's be clear, that isn't going to happen so don't kid yourself that as a whole Arlington is really committed to diversity.  I'm going to fight like hell to keep my kids' education from being negatively impacted by the bad social policies and urban planning of Arlington County.

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