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Your admission is exactly why transfers do get accepted (despite claims by the nasty cabal of ladies here viciously trying to keep Maury as some exclusive club). Kids have siblings at the school, kids have after care nearby, kids have grandma nearby, kids have parents that work at the school, kids have connected moms and dads that play tennis with Gentry or Wilson. There are a gazillion reasons why transfers are still being issued and honored.

I don't have any interest in keeping Maury as an "exclusive club." My child is in an older grade, doesn't have much longer to go there, and we are not having any more kids. But the fact is, admin transfers are not being granted at the rate they once were into the school, and you can't assume you'll get one without a legitimate reason - which not wanting to go to JH is not. I don't believe that even having a sibling at Maury who is an admin transfer is generally a sufficient reason any more, although there may be more nuances to it than that. People should try for whatever they want, but need to be prepared for the fact that they may not get an admin transfer.

Siblings of *all* ACPS admin transfers are permitted to stay so long as their sibling attends. The school is irrelevant. Once the sibling with the transfer matriculates, a sunset starts on the remaining sibling. Poorly written grandfather policy. IMO, it wouldn't stand up under the weakest challenge, but we'll see how hard ACPS pushes back once the boundaries start being enforced. Is the city committed to spending legal fees contesting the challenges?

It's silly, honestly. We are talking about fewer than 100 students (of 15,000 students) that would be moved. Disrupting a couple handfuls of families at the tail end of their years at the school for that is rude. Some would say it's a big f*ck you to the very families that have spent time and money bettering the school.

Your admission is exactly why transfers do get accepted (despite claims by the nasty cabal of ladies here viciously trying to keep Maury as some exclusive club). Kids have siblings at the school, kids have after care nearby, kids have grandma nearby, kids have parents that work at the school, kids have connected moms and dads that play tennis with Gentry or Wilson. There are a gazillion reasons why transfers are still being issued and honored.

I don't have any interest in keeping Maury as an "exclusive club." My child is in an older grade, doesn't have much longer to go there, and we are not having any more kids. But the fact is, admin transfers are not being granted at the rate they once were into the school, and you can't assume you'll get one without a legitimate reason - which not wanting to go to JH is not. I don't believe that even having a sibling at Maury who is an admin transfer is generally a sufficient reason any more, although there may be more nuances to it than that. People should try for whatever they want, but need to be prepared for the fact that they may not get an admin transfer.

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Our DC is still a year away from preK but was curious how the transfer works and if we'd be eligible and how likely it is to actually happen.

If your PreK DC is curious about how the transfer works, and if you would be eligible, then your DC is almost certainly profoundly gifted. Some would suggest Alexandria schools are not the right choice for you, though probably all public school systems will have their challenges.

Decades long resident here in Alexandria City. We are a very wealthy community increasingly taxed to the max because of major leadership denial in the past by both City Council and the ACPS School Board.

With our current taxes rivaling local Arlington, McLean, Falls Church City and Fairfax, do we Alexandria City residents truly think with all Alexandria City has to do (METRO, Sewer Outflow Fix, Storm Drainage, Infrastructure, Police) that Alexandria City can deal currently with "Alexandria schools are not the right choice for you?" It's what we have!

Let's see if our ACPS School Board will rightfully focus on ACPS education quality over all else (buildings, sports) as they are required.

I think PP was just making a joke about a 4 year old caring about administrative transfers.

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Our DC is still a year away from preK but was curious how the transfer works and if we'd be eligible and how likely it is to actually happen.

If your PreK DC is curious about how the transfer works, and if you would be eligible, then your DC is almost certainly profoundly gifted. Some would suggest Alexandria schools are not the right choice for you, though probably all public school systems will have their challenges.

Decades long resident here in Alexandria City. We are a very wealthy community increasingly taxed to the max because of major leadership denial in the past by both City Council and the ACPS School Board.

With our current taxes rivaling local Arlington, McLean, Falls Church City and Fairfax, do we Alexandria City residents truly think with all Alexandria City has to do (METRO, Sewer Outflow Fix, Storm Drainage, Infrastructure, Police) that Alexandria City can deal currently with "Alexandria schools are not the right choice for you?" It's what we have!

Let's see if our ACPS School Board will rightfully focus on ACPS education quality over all else (buildings, sports) as they are required.

Anonymous wrote:Why are you guys tolerating this?

Not OP but what choice do we Alexandria City residents have? Jefferson Houston is a wonderful building. Does that truly educate our kids?

ACPS SB: it's education quality not buildings!

So, for those of you following, they’ve run the numbers, and Jefferson Houston will be fully accredited next year.

Our DC is still a year away from preK but was curious how the transfer works and if we'd be eligible and how likely it is to actually happen.

If your PreK DC is curious about how the transfer works, and if you would be eligible, then your DC is almost certainly profoundly gifted. Some would suggest Alexandria schools are not the right choice for you, though probably all public school systems will have their challenges.

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Anonymous wrote:Maury was 'bad' back then? People had a 'long' time to figure things out? Lame and irrelevant retort.

Guess what? You should be thanking me for having my kid there. She helps your glue eating, nose picking, IEP loser of a kid just by being in the same room.

IEP loser? You are a horrendous human being.

...Says the woman doing her best to keep 'certain' kids out of Maury. Name calling is horrible, yet systemic exclusion under SES measures is cool?


My kids are long grown, but don't for a minute posture as if the in-district moms aren't a lobby. I saw this at LC under similar climate and those moms (always moms) were vicious.

Anonymous wrote:Maury was 'bad' back then? People had a 'long' time to figure things out? Lame and irrelevant retort.

Guess what? You should be thanking me for having my kid there. She helps your glue eating, nose picking, IEP loser of a kid just by being in the same room.

IEP loser? You are a horrendous human being.

Maury was 'bad' back then? People had a 'long' time to figure things out? Lame and irrelevant retort.

Guess what? You should be thanking me for having my kid there. She helps your glue eating, nose picking, IEP loser of a kid just by being in the same room.

Also, no one was buying to get into the Maury district 15 years ago since it wasn't fully accredited back then. It had lower scores than Jefferson Houston back then.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you guys tolerating this?

Tolerating what? Having to go to the school the house they chose to buy is zoned for? That's life. You can't just demand to be let into the schools other people pay hundreds of thousands of more dollars to live in.

Is no secret JH isn't desirable. People who buy there are well aware and buy there anyway. That's not tolerating anything, that's living the choice you made.

Must be nice walking around so privileged!

My understanding of the question you poorly attempted to answer is why are people tolerating having two vastly different schools within a half mile of each other.

Also, another aspect youre ignorant of is plenty of people could have bought a house that was zoned for Maury, worked on their careers for 10 or 15 years and then had kids after the boundary changed. I know two such families.

But, tough sh*t for them, right?

The boundaries for Maury did not change in the most recent redistricting, so you don't know anyone this happened to unless they bought their house before 1999 in which case they've had a LONG time to figure out something else if they're not happy with their districted school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you guys tolerating this?

Tolerating what? Having to go to the school the house they chose to buy is zoned for? That's life. You can't just demand to be let into the schools other people pay hundreds of thousands of more dollars to live in.

Is no secret JH isn't desirable. People who buy there are well aware and buy there anyway. That's not tolerating anything, that's living the choice you made.

Must be nice walking around so privileged!

My understanding of the question you poorly attempted to answer is why are people tolerating having two vastly different schools within a half mile of each other.

Also, another aspect youre ignorant of is plenty of people could have bought a house that was zoned for Maury, worked on their careers for 10 or 15 years and then had kids after the boundary changed. I know two such families.

But, tough sh*t for them, right?

Well, yeah, kind of. That can happen to ANYONE at any time. Boundaries change all the time and new schools get built. This happens in communities all the time.

Your admission is exactly why transfers do get accepted (despite claims by the nasty cabal of ladies here viciously trying to keep Maury as some exclusive club). Kids have siblings at the school, kids have after care nearby, kids have grandma nearby, kids have parents that work at the school, kids have connected moms and dads that play tennis with Gentry or Wilson. There are a gazillion reasons why transfers are still being issued and honored.

The funny thing is nothing will change at JH. You are a new comer and and ignorant one if you don't recognize that this is like attempt number 34 at remedying that sh*thole.

The white wealthy families at Maury under transfer or otherwise simply wont send their kids to JH no matter what. Call all the privates and speak with them about admissions. They'll tell you about all the families that flea because of this and middle school. If ACPS doesn't want a total brain drain then thhey should quit denying transfers. Transfers are the only way youre going to keep the smart kids that bring up the scores in the system.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you guys tolerating this?

Tolerating what? Having to go to the school the house they chose to buy is zoned for? That's life. You can't just demand to be let into the schools other people pay hundreds of thousands of more dollars to live in.

Is no secret JH isn't desirable. People who buy there are well aware and buy there anyway. That's not tolerating anything, that's living the choice you made.

Must be nice walking around so privileged!

My understanding of the question you poorly attempted to answer is why are people tolerating having two vastly different schools within a half mile of each other.

Also, another aspect youre ignorant of is plenty of people could have bought a house that was zoned for Maury, worked on their careers for 10 or 15 years and then had kids after the boundary changed. I know two such families.

But, tough sh*t for them, right?

Well, yeah, kind of. That can happen to ANYONE at any time. Boundaries change all the time and new schools get built. This happens in communities all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you guys tolerating this?

Tolerating what? Having to go to the school the house they chose to buy is zoned for? That's life. You can't just demand to be let into the schools other people pay hundreds of thousands of more dollars to live in.

Is no secret JH isn't desirable. People who buy there are well aware and buy there anyway. That's not tolerating anything, that's living the choice you made.

Must be nice walking around so privileged!

My understanding of the question you poorly attempted to answer is why are people tolerating having two vastly different schools within a half mile of each other.

Also, another aspect youre ignorant of is plenty of people could have bought a house that was zoned for Maury, worked on their careers for 10 or 15 years and then had kids after the boundary changed. I know two such families.

But, tough sh*t for them, right?