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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm liking scenario J - any issues I'm not aware of?

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Scenario_J_Draft5.pdf

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Alignment. There's a handful of PU's that got moved to Yorktown in the HS boundary process last year, so they would go: Ashlawn, Kenmore, then Yorktown in this scenario. They'd the only Kenmore PU's that would go to Yorktown, and they're already the only Ashlawn PU's going to Yorktown. This neighborhood won't get to be aligned at any point in K-12 under this scenario. I don't think that's right. [/quote]

Interesting. Looks like those PUs are [i]very[/i] close to Kenmore. Seems a shame to send them to Swanson. I'm wondering what those PUs prefer. [/quote]

What? They [b]are [/b]sending them to Kenmore, not Swanson. The issue is they're now the only Ashlawn PU's at Yorktown, and in this scenario they'd be the only Kenmore PU's at Yorktown, too. [/quote]

Also, to clarify, these hvae been Kenmore PU's for forever, this is not new. The thing that changed is that these PU's were sent to Yorktown in the last HS boundary revision. Unless they move some other Yorktown and/or Ashlawn PU's to Kenmore, this neighborhood has no alignment from ES to MS nor from MS to HS. There is no scenario presented that move these PU's out of Kenmore. [/quote]

Doesn't this one push them to Swanson? Unless you're talking about other PUs? 
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Scenario_A_Draft5.pdf
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But I don't think A is being considered. I think only B, D, F, H, and J are being presented for community discussion. [/quote]

You are correct. A is not currently on the table.[/quote]

I guess if the parents in those PUs [b]aren't happy with the current proposals they should chime in. [/b]Is that really an issue for them? Would they want to change to Swanson or change to W-L? If not, they won't have alignment. It's not clear if that's a big deal to them or not.

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Are you kidding me with this? You think only the kids who breathe the rarefied air of upper North Arlington care whether their kids get to have alignment? They were upset about the move to Yorktown and spoke at SB meeting and sent mass emails to no avail. That's over and done with. Now how do we not make the same mistake again? There are a  scenarios presented for the MS boundary, such as B, and to a lesser extent H and F, that don't preclude continuity for this community. Since "B" is called alignment, I think alignment is preserved for most across Arlington. I'm guessing you really don't like H and/or F and that's why you think it's more reasonable that this group could just ask to have the HS boundary redone rather than advocate for an outcome that is on the table.

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Ha! I really like you,  above poster!

The thing I wonder though is whether continuing to speak up now will actually get results,  given the failure to do so before.  Now mind you,  I'm not saying oh, let's give up, I actually think the last results mean the community should redouble its efforts to be heard. I just hope people aren't discouraged by the last process and don't speak up (which then could allow the Board to be ignorant and say "hey, they didn't care!" and give more weight to all of the other bellyaching against the approaches that would actually help alignment for this area).[/quote]

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