Anonymous
Post 04/14/2017 14:14     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
We are sticking with Arlington. We are just about to enter the APS school system with our first entering K this fall. There are definitely some problems with the school board, but overall, I'm confident my kids will get a great education in APS. There are too many parents actively invested in their kids education in Arlington County for that not to happen.

I enjoy the urban feel of Arlington compared to the outer suburbs. Close to DC and diversity. All those contribute to my satisfaction
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2017 02:37     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no space for the kids in the system. I wouldn't move in.


Yes. Please listen to this. Please.


It is truly disturbing how many posters and/or how many different threads have written that the APS is not doing what needs to be done to solve its problems--growing student population, limited school size/footprint, overcapacity, overcrowding.... It's hard to tell from the threads if this is a shortcoming of the voters, the Co Government, or what, but it truly seems APS is really failing. Since March 1, 2017 there are the following threads:
1) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/632851.page

2) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/628233.page

3) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/629694.page

4) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/623564.page

Even some threads that start pretty innocously seem to reach this conclusion as the discussion unfolds:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/628051.page

I have just become very skeptical it's a county that has a solution in its sights and is addressing its problems based on the many, many links and citations in these numerous threads.


don't worry about it. you have options. just move to fairfax and don't give it another thought
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2017 00:35     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no space for the kids in the system. I wouldn't move in.


Yes. Please listen to this. Please.


It is truly disturbing how many posters and/or how many different threads have written that the APS is not doing what needs to be done to solve its problems--growing student population, limited school size/footprint, overcapacity, overcrowding.... It's hard to tell from the threads if this is a shortcoming of the voters, the Co Government, or what, but it truly seems APS is really failing. Since March 1, 2017 there are the following threads:
1) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/632851.page

2) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/628233.page

3) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/629694.page

4) http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/623564.page

Even some threads that start pretty innocously seem to reach this conclusion as the discussion unfolds:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/628051.page

I have just become very skeptical it's a county that has a solution in its sights and is addressing its problems based on the many, many links and citations in these numerous threads.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 23:35     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?y
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Only high school will be rezoned according to the presentations and live discussions. If you had a kid in middle school, that might be worth considering, but younger kids have 10+ years before it matters. You are more likely to move in ten years again anyways.


so the elementary schools are all maintaining their boundaries? i read in a thread somewhere that parents were concerned about their ES kids being bussed away from their neighborhood school TO others further away? or maybe i misunderstood


I think you may have misunderstood. There is a fair amount of discussion from people who live near ASFS, but are bussed to Taylor. The issue is that Key is an immersion school with a neighborhood boundary. ASFS is a choice school, but it prioritizes admission to those who live in the Key boundary, but don't want immersion. The population has exploded such that ASFS completely fills with students in the Key boundary. Thus, those who live near ASFS can't attend, b/c they are in the Taylor boundary.
As part of the revisions to the options policy, APS intends to stop calling ASFS a choice school and label it a neighborhood school. It is currently unclear whether they will redo the map to allow the immediately surrounding neighborhood to be in bounds for ASFS.
With that minor exception- you can always go to your neighborhood school and are never forced on a bus.

I don't think there is a plan for massive redrawing of boundaries.
If they open the Reed school as a neighborhood school instead of a choice school there will be some redrawing.
Honestly- I would be happy at any North Arlington school and most South ARlington ones- I wouldn't worry about redistricting.


It doesn't just prioritize admission -- it currently guarantees it. If you live in the Key/ASFS zone, you have, as of now, guaranteed admission to either Key or ASFS.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 22:56     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't let boundary changes prevent you from moving to Arl. All of the schools are good. We've been redistricted twice since we moved and could be again depending on what happens at Reed. Still happy we live there.


I wouldn't let boundary changes prevent you, because boundary changes are happening in FCPS, too. I would absolutely disagree with the characterization that "all of the schools are good."

I live in N Arlington and I can honestly tell you that the School Board has been derelict about dealing with overcapacity--both right now and in terms of future planning. I think some of the middle and high schools are madhouses because of these problems. I sincerely feel that the county leadership is resting on its tush, rather than substantively addressing infrastructure and overcrowding in the schools.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 22:13     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:There is no space for the kids in the system. I wouldn't move in.


Yes. Please listen to this. Please.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 22:11     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
There is no space for the kids in the system. I wouldn't move in.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 21:50     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:Don't move here


+1

Yes, it's terrible. No one should move here.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 21:38     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Don't move here
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 20:46     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:Yorktown used to be in the top 5 highschools in Virginia , it's now number 13 and below Marshall and Herndon which is full of esol, Sad.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings


Your bad grammar and punctuation give you away like a shining beacon. Your Yorktown obsession is really weird.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 20:36     Subject: Re:Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?

Would you buy a home in N Arlington if you have kids about to enter K and plan on sending them to public school?


No way. For what it costs to live there, I'd rather go to FFX, where there are better schools and not all this fighting. Judging from DCUM, the people in Arlington are whiny and obnoxious.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 18:54     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:Would you buy a home in N Arlington if you have kids about to enter K and plan on sending them to public school?

Will all ES be re-boundaried or just some, and what is the proposed timeline?


Yes, but because of the issues around the high schools, not the elementary schools. High schools matter more, in my opinion.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 18:53     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Yorktown used to be in the top 5 highschools in Virginia , it's now number 13 and below Marshall and Herndon which is full of esol, Sad.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 18:44     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our Arl. school has picked up several Mclean teachers.


They aren't the good ones, at least not yet.


And you would know this how???


Because I know the teachers we were sad to see leave and they did not take positions with APS.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2017 18:39     Subject: Would looming N. Arlington school boundary changes prevent you from moving there?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our Arl. school has picked up several Mclean teachers.


They aren't the good ones, at least not yet.


And you would know this how???