Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 11:32     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:"just move" isn't really answer. If somebody owns their home, transaction fees for realtors alone are 12% (6 on the sale, 6 on the buy).

McK is a little chaotic...well, a lot chaotic. When will that cause a real harm? I think soon. They are going to lose a kid, or one will get hurt; something.

As for why the McK teachers left, the word "bully" comes to mind...


Someone who obviously knows their way around real estate transactions It is 6%, 3 each - but many realtor commissions are trending towards 4.5% total.


Actually, I think they were referencing the selling, and then buying another property - but that would only be 3% at most on each side - one family doesn't pay fees on both sides in both transactions. Can't wait till realtors get disintermediated!
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 11:29     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:"just move" isn't really answer. If somebody owns their home, transaction fees for realtors alone are 12% (6 on the sale, 6 on the buy).

McK is a little chaotic...well, a lot chaotic. When will that cause a real harm? I think soon. They are going to lose a kid, or one will get hurt; something.

As for why the McK teachers left, the word "bully" comes to mind...


Someone who obviously knows their way around real estate transactions It is 6%, 3 each - but many realtor commissions are trending towards 4.5% total.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 11:11     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:I heard rumor that McK was going to have 7. McK had 6 last year and 5 the previous two years. I think the total will climb then to 825. WHere's the breaking point?


Where did you hear this rumor?
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 11:11     Subject: Re:APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It just has to hold on until 2021 (which I know isn't thrilling for the people currently living it). Once Reed opens, as long as the SB doesn't screw things up with option sites, I think one of the goals will be to get rid of trailers at McKinley.


As I pointed out a month or two ago that means over 1,000 kids will have spent part of all of their elementary experience in that disaster.


There's room at a few SA elementaries. Families in the MCKinley zone are choosing to live there and paying a premium to do so. Just move. That's what people tell SA families who aren't satisfied with their local school situation.


When we moved into the neighborhood we were zoned for Tuckahoe. Then Nottingham. Then McK. So...you're very much mistaken that we paid a premium to live in the McK zone.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 11:00     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
"just move" isn't really answer. If somebody owns their home, transaction fees for realtors alone are 12% (6 on the sale, 6 on the buy).

McK is a little chaotic...well, a lot chaotic. When will that cause a real harm? I think soon. They are going to lose a kid, or one will get hurt; something.

As for why the McK teachers left, the word "bully" comes to mind...
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 10:18     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just move isn’t that the solution always provided to S Arlington? Buck up buttercup Oakridge families seem to be able to function.


While Oakridge was at slightly higher building capacity this year than McKinley (120% vs. 118%), they had a much better situation than McKinley in certain respects. Oakridge's cafeteria capacity is about 50% greater than McKinley's, so it was at only 71% of its three-seating capacity this year while McKinley was at 106%. And for about the same number of students, Oakridge has four times as much available outdoor playspace for recess and other outdoor activities. Oakridge certainly has its cause for complaints, but let's be real about the relative situations.


McKinley parent here. Schools like Oakridge and ASFS have similar huge capacity challenges, but each scenario is slightly different. OP's initial post is asking about a breaking point as if it changes something. Nothing changes. Relief isn't coming until the fall of 2021, no matter how many kids show up at McKinley each fall. It's public school, they can't turn kids away they simply have to find more trailers, add more teachers, and cram the building more and more.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 10:15     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:Just move isn’t that the solution always provided to S Arlington? Buck up buttercup Oakridge families seem to be able to function.


While Oakridge was at slightly higher building capacity this year than McKinley (120% vs. 118%), they had a much better situation than McKinley in certain respects. Oakridge's cafeteria capacity is about 50% greater than McKinley's, so it was at only 71% of its three-seating capacity this year while McKinley was at 106%. And for about the same number of students, Oakridge has four times as much available outdoor playspace for recess and other outdoor activities. Oakridge certainly has its cause for complaints, but let's be real about the relative situations.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 09:55     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
Just move isn’t that the solution always provided to S Arlington? Buck up buttercup Oakridge families seem to be able to function.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 09:23     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
People need to stop moving into McK. We can't take it any more! There is no more room. Lots of teachers left after the end of the year. I can't help but wonder if the overcrowding is part of the reason.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 09:09     Subject: Re:APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It just has to hold on until 2021 (which I know isn't thrilling for the people currently living it). Once Reed opens, as long as the SB doesn't screw things up with option sites, I think one of the goals will be to get rid of trailers at McKinley.


As I pointed out a month or two ago that means over 1,000 kids will have spent part of all of their elementary experience in that disaster.


There's room at a few SA elementaries. Families in the MCKinley zone are choosing to live there and paying a premium to do so. Just move. That's what people tell SA families who aren't satisfied with their local school situation.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 09:06     Subject: Re:APS: How many new K classes at each school
Anonymous wrote:It just has to hold on until 2021 (which I know isn't thrilling for the people currently living it). Once Reed opens, as long as the SB doesn't screw things up with option sites, I think one of the goals will be to get rid of trailers at McKinley.


As I pointed out a month or two ago that means over 1,000 kids will have spent part of all of their elementary experience in that disaster.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 09:01     Subject: Re:APS: How many new K classes at each school
It just has to hold on until 2021 (which I know isn't thrilling for the people currently living it). Once Reed opens, as long as the SB doesn't screw things up with option sites, I think one of the goals will be to get rid of trailers at McKinley.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 08:45     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
What is McK and SB?
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 08:43     Subject: Re:APS: How many new K classes at each school
Breaking point meaning what? Unless the SB gives relief, schools will simply need to continue to add classes. It's a disaster.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2018 08:42     Subject: APS: How many new K classes at each school
I heard rumor that McK was going to have 7. McK had 6 last year and 5 the previous two years. I think the total will climb then to 825. WHere's the breaking point?