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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wakefield
option 1
4612, 4614, 4828

option 2
1201, 1202, 1203

option 3
3706,4611,4612, 4691

Yorktown
opt 1
1302, 1303, 3501, 3502,3503

opt 2
1502, 2312, 2313,2314

opt 3
1304, 1410[/quote]

Are these just the options for year 1, with more planning units to be added? It doesn't seem like these options move enough kids.

Also, did you notice the APS has taken the boundary tool offline, so you can no longer easily see where these units are, how many students these options move, and what the demographics look like. Unbelievable.

[b]I vote for option 2 for Wakefield and option 1 for Yorktown.[/b][/quote]

You must live in 22205 or 22207. [b]It's easy to sell someone else down the river.[/b]

A lot of the Arlington Forest families (ours included) really want to stay at W-L because it's walking distance for some and a safe short bike ride for others. Walk zone is especially critical for high schoolers who have after school activities and probably don't have cars. Wakefield is unwalkable and also there is no safe bike route. Families in AF willingly send kids to Barrett and Kenmore and aren't afraid of diversity, but most of those with kids old enough to be affected now or soon have lived in the neighborhood 10, 12, 15 years and many bought homes on the north side specifically so they could feed into W-L, which has enjoyed a strong reputation for decades. All the talk about "keeping the neighborhood" together is nonsense because it's one neighborhood in name only. Kids on the south side are zoned for Barcroft and Wakefield so the only overlap 3 years (out of 13) at Kenmore. Yes, there is one civic association, but they obviously don't speak for everyone, at least not on this issue. [/quote]

Just a tip for you. DO NOT USE THIS IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION EVER.

But you just love the diversity.  :roll: [/quote]

I will admit maybe not the best choice of words in this case due to historical antecedents and apologize if anyone was offended. BUT in this case modern day useage is 100% accurate to describe what's happening here.

It's easy for everyone in north north Arlington to look at Arlington Forest and say "oh, they are used to going to school with FARMS kids and they don't live too far away from Wakefield and half their neighborhood goes to Wakefield, and some of those who don't already go to Wakefield probably won't mind going to Wakefield, so why don't we just all agree to send them to Wakefield and then Arlington will balance the schools and we will all feel good about ourselves."

Lots of people talk a good game on diversity but don't back it up. I'm talking SES not racial/ethnic. Most people in this area will hang with anyone as long as they are as educated and wealthy as they are. But when it comes to sending their kids to school with kids who get free lunch and don't score well on standardized tests it's a whole new ballgame. That's worth dropping an extra 300k so you can get into the "right" neighborhood and don't have to send your kid to a "failing" school. [/quote]

NP here though PP throughout the thread. I'm having a hard time understanding what "side" you're on, and just to note I do feel bad that people are taking "sides" over real kids, yours and others. It is an unfortunate thing that some people are going to come out of this upset and disappointed.

From the South Arlington perspective, I agree that people talk big about diversity but then don't back it up. I don't know many people who are "scared" of wealthy black and Latino kids at this point in this area. Real diversity now really means socioeconomic, and it can be scary because the reality is those kids often need more and have less in terms of resources to succeed. That puts a heavier burden on schools the higher concentration they have of those kids, and over-burdened schools can then begin to underserve all students. This is why some of us who are already in the Wakefield zone are fighting: to avoid exacerbating that effect. We are worried about the entire student body, not just our own kids.

I acknowledge that if I were in your shoes, I would be upset about the walking (and I realize you probably did pay a premium to live in the W-L zone). But, there are freshmen across the county without cars who are outside the walk zone for any school and they make it work. Please keep in mind that someone here has to be disappointed but hopefully it is for the good of all the kids in the county. [/quote]

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