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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^^ Also, forgot to add that the new Food Star development will be within the Barcroft neighborhood. I do think it will be a game changer. Already seeing that with SFH's being torn down and replaced with new builds. Schools will lag real estate, though, that's pretty much always the case. [/quote]

I don't think that development will help the school demographics. I predict dinks and retirees. 
It will boost property values nearby. Everyone's walk score improves, and it will hopefully spur more upscale development nearby. The part of the pike is on a precipice. It will either go the way of penrose, or the west end of the pike. Hopefully the new development will seal the deal as a second penrose. [/quote]

Well, the demographics of Henry and TJ Middle have certainly changed since the Penrose development signaled to enough higher SES families that this was an acceptable place to live. I would imagine the same will happen around Food Star. [/quote]

Not really. Ever since my kids started at Henry years ago (when it had a GS score of 6), it always had FARMS numbers hovering around 40%. Some years higher and some lower. It's definitely trending lower now, but not by much. Next year they lose their Title 1 funding, though.

If you look at the Race/Ethnicity data, the percentage of whites enrolled has been pretty steady, around 30-40%. The percentage of Hispanics has also been pretty steady - 30-40%.

It's still an incredibly diverse school. [/quote]

While it doesn't track exactly with the Penrose development, there has been a dramatic increase in percentage of white students at Henry since 2002, from 19.5% to 38.5% in 2015. That's a significant change and for lack of more information about SES (because the APS website is under construction and I can't access the FARM numbers right now), I would bet that there has been a significant increase in percentage of higher SES, and decrease in percentage of lower SES students in that same time, regardless of race. I don't remember but I think Penrose opened in like 2010, but can anyone tell me how long the development had been planned or talked about prior to ground breaking? I know it was under construction for at least 2 years, which would put us back to 2008. I think it takes at least 2 years for site plans to be submitted and approved, putting us back to at least 2006. Anyone know if the plans were widely known prior to 2006? Looks like the white student demographic increased a point in 2003, steady in 2004, and up 3 points in 2005. And then up every year since. I'm not sure that's coincidence. If you build it ("it" being a coffee shop, yoga studio, wine bar) they will come. Let's check back on the area around Food Star in 10 years.

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