Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do NOT send him to FCPS!

Didn't he come from there???

We don't want him back.

+10,000

I never had the impression he had a high profile within FCPS. If people don't want him back, it's likely due to his lackluster performance at APS.

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Yes - we could have had a neighborhood school at Wilson, but it made more sense to put a neighborhood school where the seats were most needed. This also saves money on busses.

They are saving money on buses (FYI, "busses" = "kisses") but spending money on improved dropoff lanes because the parents who wanted a neighborhood school will be driving their snowflakes rather than have them walk.

Neither the HB community nor the North Arlington parents who demanded the building that currently houses HB and Stratford behaved well. Appalling lack of community and cooperation. And the SB and Murphy certainly didn't provide any leadership in that direction either.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a spanking new HS and takes up valuable seats , space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB would have stayed in its building and they could have built a new 1,300 seat middle school at the Wilson site that would have pulled tons of kids out of trailers. North Arlington parents shut that down. Don't complain about HB, those parents wanted it to stay where it was.

HB fought tooth and nail to avoid adding any additional seats to Wilson. They wouldn't even consider letting preschoolers exist in the same building. Behind the scenes, we heard them say it was because they never wanted the possibility that their school size might increase.

Yes - we could have had a neighborhood school at Wilson, but it made more sense to put a neighborhood school where the seats were most needed. This also saves money on busses.

The most disgusting action was when HB parents got the head of Arlington's NAACP. To say that moving their program would be racist! This - from a school that is the second least diverse in the county and from a program that wasn't even in existence when the Stratford school was desegregated. James Lander was amazingly tactful when. He shit down the racist accusations.

Fairfax does not want Murphy back - No give backs. Thank God APS hired him away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Did you also spend the majority of your ES and MS education in trailers? Without any outdoor space to speak of? I know, I know, you walked 2 miles uphill both ways in the snow.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a soanking new HS and takes up valuable seats l, space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB didn't want the new urban Wilson school but only took after the neighborhood voiced that it felt that location was a bad fit for a traditional school. I agree that that Wilson would be a poor fit for a traditional school, and am happy they are getting starthmore but don't dump on HB because they are getting a new school that was forced on them. Now the misapplication of funds for discovery (the freaking slide??) vs other schools could be an issue.

You mean like that new 800 student south Arlington elementary? Parents were told it would be modest. This was right after the opening of the ( under enrolled) discovery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a spanking new HS and takes up valuable seats , space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB would have stayed in its building and they could have built a new 1,300 seat middle school at the Wilson site that would have pulled tons of kids out of trailers. North Arlington parents shut that down. Don't complain about HB, those parents wanted it to stay where it was.

That said HB should expand; if that site could accommodate 1300 kids why not bump HB up to 1000?

Stratford program for kids with significant disabilities is also going to the Wilson site (it is co-located with HB now). It takes up a lot of space for each kid, more than a typical school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a spanking new HS and takes up valuable seats , space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB would have stayed in its building and they could have built a new 1,300 seat middle school at the Wilson site that would have pulled tons of kids out of trailers. North Arlington parents shut that down. Don't complain about HB, those parents wanted it to stay where it was.

That said HB should expand; if that site could accommodate 1300 kids why not bump HB up to 1000?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a spanking new HS and takes up valuable seats , space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB would have stayed in its building and they could have built a new 1,300 seat middle school at the Wilson site that would have pulled tons of kids out of trailers. North Arlington parents shut that down. Don't complain about HB, those parents wanted it to stay where it was.

Haha, beat me to it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a soanking new HS and takes up valuable seats l, space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB didn't want the new urban Wilson school but only took after the neighborhood voiced that it felt that location was a bad fit for a traditional school. I agree that that Wilson would be a poor fit for a traditional school, and am happy they are getting starthmore but don't dump on HB because they are getting a new school that was forced on them. Now the misapplication of funds for discovery (the freaking slide??) vs other schools could be an issue.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a spanking new HS and takes up valuable seats , space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

HB would have stayed in its building and they could have built a new 1,300 seat middle school at the Wilson site that would have pulled tons of kids out of trailers. North Arlington parents shut that down. Don't complain about HB, those parents wanted it to stay where it was.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Meanwhile we have two country club schools. My kids thought Discovery was private because it was so much nicer than their 1950 building.

I think the huge expense for schools in areas not needed when the County is facing crisis population numbers is a reason everyone is so upset. HB is getting a soanking new HS and takes up valuable seats l, space now while other kids are in 27 trailers in a faculty parking lot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please do NOT send him to FCPS!

Didn't he come from there???

We don't want him back.

+10,000

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

SHARE LOCKERS?!?!?!? The horror!

I shared a locker in middle school, and believe it or not, I have lived to tell the tale. I also went to an old, smelly middle school. It's these kinds of challenges that really prepared me for life.

Are you people serious with this stuff? Are these hardships worth even 2 seconds of thought? Who cares if 12-year-olds share lockers? Suck it up, snowflakes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been underwhelmed and disgusted by school board.

4th and 6th graders that have been here since K.

The county has mismanaged so much.

My kid is in a MS that is old, smelly and a sea of trailers. It's so over-crowded they can't wear backpacks and have lunch at 10am.

Meanwhile--we have a school with only 75 6th graders and a fake lottery.

I know which MS you are talking about bc we went to the orientation. They have to share lockers??!! Meanwhile, the 6th grader got a low number on the lottery, which makes me think we would have gotten in if the lottery wasn't fake.

Sharing lockers is no big deal as long as there is a shelf inside.