Anonymous wrote:If we are not zoned for Nottingham, and it’s under enrolled, does that mean it would be easy to transfer there? Even in August for example?

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Run by an evil witch. Hope your child is neurotypical.

Most kids are. And for the love of God, just say "normal" instead of using clinical language outside of a clinical setting. Please and thank you.

Anonymous wrote:Run by an evil witch. Hope your child is neurotypical.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

This seems to be have been written by a Jamestown parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

Not a Nottingham parent, but we did sports a couple of years ago with a team that was all Nottingham kids. The group was very friendly and insular, to the point of exclusion of the two kids that were not from that school, so you do have some friendly folks. Once they knew we didn't go to Nottingham and we'd been randomly put on the team, they were nice enough to the kids, but totally excluded the parents. Even the nanny who came to the practices and games was the only person who would speak with us, and even she was shocked that we lived south of 50 and had to deal with these parents.

In another encounter, I had a Nottingham parent actually gasp and clutch her pearls and accuse me of child neglect by living south of 50... So, that's all to say that some of them are snooty.

We get all kinds here in Arlington. Plus, you'll be in the in-crowd there. I hope you find the nice ones.

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Anonymous wrote:She has several complaints against her given her questionable treatment of children with disabilities which is why you don't hear the stories and they are awful. Clearly she has treated one or two special needs families right b/c she needs to trot them out when she gets complaints in the future, she's she's got a documented pattern of mistreatment.

I wonder if one of those families is the family of a girl who was there with my kids. She was always absconding and throwing things around the classroom. She was dangerous and should not have been with the general student population, but her parents were probably lawyers and wanted her to be with the normal kids so they sued APS. No one wanted her there and I'm sure the principal loathed dealing with her on a daily basis.

Anonymous wrote:Great neighborhood school, not closing after a scare a few years ago. Generally the same levels of education and diversity as the other north Arlington elementary schools, though not as rich or snooty as Jamestown. More in line with Discovery and Tuckahoe.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone, this is all super helpful.

Any idea where the kids will go if it closes? And how probable is the prospect of it closing?

It isn’t closing. APS says they’ve abandoned that plan which was tremendously ill-planned, short sighted and lacked any funding. Their plan at the time indicated students would’ve been absorbed by Tuckahoe and Discovery.

Right, there are no current plans to close it, but who knows what they may propose in the future.

That’s true for any school, any school boundaries, any program.

No, it's not. Nottingham is much more vulnerable to closure because it is underenrolled and it is very close to 2-3 other schools that could absorb its students. I don't want it to close either, but I wouldn't be surprised if this comes up again.

It should close, and it will close eventually, unless North Arlington adds a lot of density quickly.

I'm the PP. I don't agree it should and will close, just that it's going to be vulnerable. But it's not a done deal by any stretch. Maybe Jamestown or Taylor or Tuckahoe should close instead. Some of those buildings are in far worse shape and would cost a lot to renovate, or are in outlying areas that don't make sense for a school. Nottingham will be part of the conversation but so will other schools.

Nottingham, Tuckahoe and Discovery are the ones that are too close together and they’ve got to pick one. Taylor should close for a massive renovation, but location-wise, it’s much better. They built too many schools in the far flung reaches of North Arlington that are filled only with SFHs and not enough students.