Anonymous
Post 03/16/2016 11:08     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Well, hopefully that development will have an impact to that part of the area. Similar to penrose. Most students don't come for commited affordable housing. They come from the market rate cheap garden apartments. I'm wondering if that new development starts to put a target on other complexes
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2016 09:24     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bar croft will still have lots of kids because of all,the families stuffed into low income housing. Claremont has been a way for many barcroft parents to get out of that school. Claremont is essentially closed to Barcorft parents now, and key will be too. So, those kids will have no choice in the future unless claremont admissions policies change.

I can't see why any oakridge parent would want to send their kid to Drew, over crowding or not. Those who live closest to Drew are right near Oakridge itself. Cross 395 to go to a school even further away? The need in that part of arlington is near pentagon city.


Well that's not how it works. Oakridge kids need seats now, and a school adjacent to them is about to have some when the Montessori program vacates Drew. Boom. Done. The County is not going to spend $$$ they don't have right now to build another new elementary school (when there are additions, and new middle, and new high school needs, too) to avoid rezoning some kids to Drew which can happen as soon as 2019. Give me a break. You might be rezoned. It happens. Another new school will be built in S. Arlington, but it's years away. Rezoning will happen in 2019, regardless of future plans for a possible school in Pentagon City.

Barcroft does still have a lot of kids, but not many as were projected. The projections that are off were taking into account the population explosion of SFH kids that did occur, but those kids did not wind up enrolling at the neighborhood school. So plans must change according to the data. Barcroft's need is not as urgent as Oakridge's. The SB, and any future boundary committee, need to use common sense. Patrick Henry is going to see more kids than the current projections because it's now the "best" neighborhood school in S. Arlington and is about to get the nicest, newest facility. And Barcroft will see fewer, at least until something drastic changes.


So what Happens when the foodstar gets redeveloped and hundreds of units get added to Barcroft's boundary? Bright side is that they will be high end and not affordable, but that is going add more pressure.


That won't add kids. Those high end units will be mostly 1 bedroom and won't be rented by families with kids. The only multi family housing that generates large numbers is students is committed affordable housing.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2016 07:09     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bar croft will still have lots of kids because of all,the families stuffed into low income housing. Claremont has been a way for many barcroft parents to get out of that school. Claremont is essentially closed to Barcorft parents now, and key will be too. So, those kids will have no choice in the future unless claremont admissions policies change.

I can't see why any oakridge parent would want to send their kid to Drew, over crowding or not. Those who live closest to Drew are right near Oakridge itself. Cross 395 to go to a school even further away? The need in that part of arlington is near pentagon city.


Well that's not how it works. Oakridge kids need seats now, and a school adjacent to them is about to have some when the Montessori program vacates Drew. Boom. Done. The County is not going to spend $$$ they don't have right now to build another new elementary school (when there are additions, and new middle, and new high school needs, too) to avoid rezoning some kids to Drew which can happen as soon as 2019. Give me a break. You might be rezoned. It happens. Another new school will be built in S. Arlington, but it's years away. Rezoning will happen in 2019, regardless of future plans for a possible school in Pentagon City.

Barcroft does still have a lot of kids, but not many as were projected. The projections that are off were taking into account the population explosion of SFH kids that did occur, but those kids did not wind up enrolling at the neighborhood school. So plans must change according to the data. Barcroft's need is not as urgent as Oakridge's. The SB, and any future boundary committee, need to use common sense. Patrick Henry is going to see more kids than the current projections because it's now the "best" neighborhood school in S. Arlington and is about to get the nicest, newest facility. And Barcroft will see fewer, at least until something drastic changes.


So what Happens when the foodstar gets redeveloped and hundreds of units get added to Barcroft's boundary? Bright side is that they will be high end and not affordable, but that is going add more pressure.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2016 00:11     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:Bar croft will still have lots of kids because of all,the families stuffed into low income housing. Claremont has been a way for many barcroft parents to get out of that school. Claremont is essentially closed to Barcorft parents now, and key will be too. So, those kids will have no choice in the future unless claremont admissions policies change.

I can't see why any oakridge parent would want to send their kid to Drew, over crowding or not. Those who live closest to Drew are right near Oakridge itself. Cross 395 to go to a school even further away? The need in that part of arlington is near pentagon city.


Well that's not how it works. Oakridge kids need seats now, and a school adjacent to them is about to have some when the Montessori program vacates Drew. Boom. Done. The County is not going to spend $$$ they don't have right now to build another new elementary school (when there are additions, and new middle, and new high school needs, too) to avoid rezoning some kids to Drew which can happen as soon as 2019. Give me a break. You might be rezoned. It happens. Another new school will be built in S. Arlington, but it's years away. Rezoning will happen in 2019, regardless of future plans for a possible school in Pentagon City.

Barcroft does still have a lot of kids, but not many as were projected. The projections that are off were taking into account the population explosion of SFH kids that did occur, but those kids did not wind up enrolling at the neighborhood school. So plans must change according to the data. Barcroft's need is not as urgent as Oakridge's. The SB, and any future boundary committee, need to use common sense. Patrick Henry is going to see more kids than the current projections because it's now the "best" neighborhood school in S. Arlington and is about to get the nicest, newest facility. And Barcroft will see fewer, at least until something drastic changes.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 20:26     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:Bar croft will still have lots of kids because of all,the families stuffed into low income housing. Claremont has been a way for many barcroft parents to get out of that school. Claremont is essentially closed to Barcorft parents now, and key will be too. So, those kids will have no choice in the future unless claremont admissions policies change.

I can't see why any oakridge parent would want to send their kid to Drew, over crowding or not. Those who live closest to Drew are right near Oakridge itself. Cross 395 to go to a school even further away? The need in that part of arlington is near pentagon city.


If this happens then it better happen at every choice school in the county.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 20:22     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Bar croft will still have lots of kids because of all,the families stuffed into low income housing. Claremont has been a way for many barcroft parents to get out of that school. Claremont is essentially closed to Barcorft parents now, and key will be too. So, those kids will have no choice in the future unless claremont admissions policies change.

I can't see why any oakridge parent would want to send their kid to Drew, over crowding or not. Those who live closest to Drew are right near Oakridge itself. Cross 395 to go to a school even further away? The need in that part of arlington is near pentagon city.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 20:15     Subject: Re:S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:Actually I think she's zoned for Hoffman-Boston. She has been a volunteer at Randolph in the past.



Sucks for all of the south arl parents hoping for a county board with a better understanding of what is happening at the underachieving schools. Hoffman Boston is one of the better performers in that part of the county.
I couldn't care less that a young woman with clear political aspirations volunteered at Randolph. When she sends any future kids there, then I'll be impressed.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 09:24     Subject: Re:S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Actually I think she's zoned for Hoffman-Boston. She has been a volunteer at Randolph in the past.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 08:28     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know where Katie Cristol lives? It's somewhere around Columbia pike. Where would her children ( if she had them ) go?


I think I read she was zoned for Randolph or Drew.
Anonymous
Post 03/15/2016 08:18     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Does anyone know where Katie Cristol lives? It's somewhere around Columbia pike. Where would her children ( if she had them ) go?
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2016 23:41     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So Oakridge will see relief due to the new school?


All signs point to this. Barcroft projections didn't bear out, for this year at least, so I would think giving Oakridge relief will take precedence.



Don't you think it's because people yanked their kids out of Barcroft


Sure, but they're not coming back from their choice schools or their private schools unless something drastic changes at Barcroft, so why make unnecessary space for the students that aren't enrolling? They are not, and will not, occupy seats at Barcroft. Short of a programmatic overhaul, a principal change, or some other gimmick, future projected students will be down, too. And boundaries that are being drawn in an attempt at balancing student projections need to take this reality into account. I hope the school board gets a clue and steps in to make this neighborhood school one that ALL of the community buys into again.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2016 21:09     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So Oakridge will see relief due to the new school?


All signs point to this. Barcroft projections didn't bear out, for this year at least, so I would think giving Oakridge relief will take precedence.



Don't you think it's because people yanked their kids out of Barcroft
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2016 16:11     Subject: S. Arlington---when does boundary change planning begin?
Anonymous wrote:So Oakridge will see relief due to the new school?


All signs point to this. Barcroft projections didn't bear out, for this year at least, so I would think giving Oakridge relief will take precedence.