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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jumping on this late but as much as I would want the Fairlington south of 395 moved to drew it's not the "straight shot" that another PP mentioned.

They would either have to drive past Abingdon or go into Alexandria and 395.

The Columbia forest neighborhood is closer and eaiser in regards to bussing. (Not passing other other schools and it's just as far as their current drive to Abingdon)

If you pull from Claremont you have the same "island" problem there CF is complaining about because nobody actually lives in barcroft park. Plus you would island off CF at Abingdon So they can't really use the island as an excuse if they are ok with the Abingdon island.

It's that new fleet neighborhood that makes the most sense and maybe some CF mixed in. [/quote]

No, buses don't have to drive past Abingdon or go into Alexandria from that fairlington PU. From the fairlington community center, head west on 34th, cross over 395, hang a right on 31st, which goes down into Shirlington past the bus terminal, it becomes Quincy. Go straight to Arlington Mill, turn right, then immediately left on shirlington road. Cross over 4MR, the weenie Beenie on your left and you're in Nauck. "Problem" solved. It's under 2 miles, takes less than 10 minutes in rush hour.[/quote]

I don't understand why it's a problem to drive by another school on the way to yours.  I also don't understand why it matters if a bus route crosses over the County border for 50 yards.  It's not like they're travelling through the City of Alexandria in order to get the kids to school; they'd just be outside the county limit for a few minutes, less than half a mile.

More importantly, it's clear that one boundary principle or another needs to be downgraded in order to make sensible boundaries.  I vote we downgrade contiguity over demographics for a change.  Contiguity in general is just so unimportant in the big picture.  Besides, if Barcroft Park is non-residential, for all intents and purposes, it really doesn't factor into contiguity anyway.  The point of contiguity is neighbors going to the same school.  There aren't any neighbors in Barcroft Park so it's irrelevant.

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