Anonymous wrote:It's clear that APS doesn't feel the need to treat the tax payers of Lyon VIllage the same as it does the rest of N. Arl.

How about you go pick on Country Club Hills for a change?

What is the issue about favoritism towards Lyon Village?

Anonymous wrote:This petition is really really late.
I think ASFS should be a true choice school, countywide (North Arlington does not equal countywide, petition writers!) with a real lottery, like ATS, none of that team nonsense, that is not working currently anyhow, and not as a neighborhood school for Key.
I agree that Key and ASFS should be choice schools, not neighborhood schools.

So those of us that have Key as a neighborhood school -- where are we supposed to go? ?

We aren't allowed a neighborhood school like every other single neighborhood in Arlington. Ok.

Oh we could force our kids into an Immersion school- also fair. Hmmmm.

Space? In Rosslyn/Clarendon for this mythic new school? No.

APS gave us ASFS because there was no other option at the time. So--we should've shipped all the way to S Arl so these yenta moms at Taylor are angry they are subject to re-zoning and we are not.

ATS is a true county-wide school while ASFS never was.

The fact some of the petitioners attack individual neighborhoods in their comments- diminishes their point and cause.

It comes off as whiny.

This petition is really really late.
I think ASFS should be a true choice school, countywide (North Arlington does not equal countywide, petition writers!) with a real lottery, like ATS, none of that team nonsense, that is not working currently anyhow, and not as a neighborhood school for Key.
I agree that Key and ASFS should be choice schools, not neighborhood schools.

I do agree that there needs to be a neighborhood school. An alternative for an immersion school shouldn't be a choice school if APS wants choice schools to actually serve as CHOICE. However, APS has put up their armor anytime anyone asks them to consider both ASFS and ATS. At this point, you can't help but wonder if there are other reasons those two "choice" schools in the most overcrowded parts of Arl. weren't part of this process.

clearly the people behind the petition are not fond of folks of color.

It's clear that APS doesn't feel the need to treat the tax payers of Lyon VIllage the same as it does the rest of N. Arl.

The Wilson school site has been brought up many times. It's been the place to park kids while their school is being re-done. Last time in the boundary wars there was a solid sounding public-private development idea that went pretty far in the decision process. No idea where that site stands now.

I don't think the idea of building a new school in the Rosslyn Clarendon area is at all realistic. I don't think there is any space in that area of a new school.
APS initially considered 39 different sites for schools- http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/110/MarchOptions.pdf
none of those options were in the Rosslyn/Clarendon area.

I think the points are valid. But I'm also glad that my children are already at ASFS so we don't need to worry about this petition ourselves personally.

Anonymous wrote:Link?

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/arlington-public-schools-boundaries/

I think it's way down the road in the process so a late entrant petition like this isn't going to have an impact, especially if it is self-serving.

Link?

So what do think is going on here with this petition? Essentially, the petition wants Rosslyn/Clarendon to get their own neighborhood school so that space is available at ASF.