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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Capstone is to bolster Yorktown and reduce transfer to WL. They need more seats at WL to accommodate flow from Wakefield. [/quote]

Yes, or many more W-L neighborhoods along the Yorktown border would likely have to be redistricted to Yorktown like Cherrydale, Waycroft Woodlawn, etc. Population growth is in South Arlington and not in the B
North. So makes sense to reduce transfers from Yorktown to W-L and encourage transfers from
Wakefield into W-L[/quote]

Would neighbors accept moving to Yorktown? [/quote]

I’m in Cherrydale, and live close enough to WL to hear the marching band practice and the PA system during athletic events at the stadium.  Hell yes I’d put up a fight if my neighborhood was redistricted to Yorktown so that some kids who live 3 miles away can be bused to WL.  If Arlington gets to that point, just get rid of zoned HS and make it all lottery.[/quote]

Another Cherrydale resident here-- my kids are out of high school now, but I felt exactly the same. This topic used to make very angry, lol. If kids can't go to the high school that is less than 4 blocks from their home, then forget about zoned schools and go to a county- wide lottery.[/quote]

Hilarious, now that your kids are out, you are all "burn it all down and go for a lottery".  Typical.  SF is lottery, not a model we should follow.

The extend of Yorktown zone is because they  have supersized all the schools without building new ones, and density has increased in southern regions so Yorktown has to reach further south to share its load.

Further, the overall shenanigans of APS are driving many families to private, and the families that disproportionately go private are in YHS zone -- thus its zone has to increase further to fill its seats.

I really can't be bothered by some people upset about not being able to walk to a high school, of all the problems our district faces thats pretty minor and only impacts a sliver of people.[/quote]

Sorry I wasn't clear. It was when my kids were in middle and high school that I felt APS should just go to a county-wide lottery if there was no way to draw boundaries that allowed kids to attend the high school 4 blocks from their house. I loved that my kids were able to walk to high school. (We were not close enough to our assigned elementary or middle schools for them to be walkers then.) But if other, more important goals can't be met while maximizing the number of walkers, then APS should forget about neighborhood schools and do what is best for achieving balanced enrollment across the three high schools, in terms of numbers and demographics. I thought that when my kids were in school, and I continue to think that now. I also strongly support increasing middle and low income housing in north Arlington.

My kids are out of school but my spouse is a teacher in APS, so I still have a rooting interest. [/quote]

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