Is this joke. I love how people self identify themselves bi-racial and begin to denigrate people of color. Yes, test scores are lower in SA. It always has been I don't need greatschools.org to tell me that either. Living in the Arlington community before the real estate bubble skyrocket home prices it was just Arlington. I lived here before the great surge of people who figure Arlington was a good place to live and raise a family. I have known families with children who went onto Wakefield, graduated went to shitty schools like Yale, Harvard, MIT and other institutions people at other high schools would hold their nose in disgust. I have lived in North and South Arlington. There are more concentration of low income families because the south has more apartment buildings that don't come with a dog sitting room or Sunday brunch. Yes, the other students who you claim drag down the class, their parents were in a third world nation like Syria. I call it a miracle they have the will to goto school while their parents rebuild their lives. However like other posters on this board it's really about maintaining the image and justifying your million dollar colonial in NA. I think price points peaked in NA and now these poor people who need double incomes to maintain these homes are screwed.

I too live in a large colonial but it's in Arlington Ridge area and love my arlington neighborhood and got it for a steal in 1999.
I also have a house in North Arlington since 1996 that I rent out. All homes are mortgage free and my income is very high.

My children attend SA schools and have grown up to appreciate people of diverse backgrounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

Gird your loins.

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Anonymous wrote:
Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

Donald, is that you?

Yes, Donald indeed. Deplorable comment you grotesque sounding n Arlibgton snob.

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Anonymous wrote:
Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

Donald, is that you?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

And this is why, in a county as small as Arlington, there shouldn't be neighborhood high schools. There should be busing.

Never going to happen.

Doesn't matter. The south side has gentrified significantly, and is only getting wealthier. I don't like the county's affordable housing policy, but even as a conservative I can see that the few buildings they get up aren't going to make a big enough impact. The southern part of the county has lost a significant number of affordable units. Way more than They've gained.
Demand out weighs supply. The board needs to focus on infrastructure and get out of the housing business.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

And this is why, in a county as small as Arlington, there shouldn't be neighborhood high schools. There should be busing.

Never going to happen.

Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

And this is why, in a county as small as Arlington, there shouldn't be neighborhood high schools. There should be busing.

Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

I live in south Arlington and the neighborhood college kids go to UVA, William and Mary, and Smith.
So I guess you associated with a lot of losers?

Anonymous wrote:Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

Gird your loins.

Eh, North Arlington schools have been and always will be better. I grew up in the system and have two kids in it now. I am half-minority (bi-racial, whatever the hell you want to call it) so I'll call it like I see it.

If you want your kids to be around non-whites at school, that's a wonderful goal and you should definitely stay in SA. If you want your kids to go to great colleges and universities, which leads to better careers, connections, etc., then it is North all the way.

The people who went to Wakefield went to shit colleges. W-L, unless you were doing IB, you went to shit to mediocre colleges. Bishop O'Connell kids all went to shit schools (I knew of like a dozen kids there who went to Christopher Newport...the lowest-tier state school). Yorktown and HB always had the most elite placements.

So, if you are happy with your kid going to Christopher Newport, Longwood, etc., with JMU being their stretch school, then definitely keep them in South Arlington. If you want their fallback school to be UVA, do what you can to save up the money to buy a North Arlington house.

The immigrant and low SES kids, as cute as they are, are always a huge distraction in the classroom. They drag the whole class down to their level. Everyone is always waiting for them to catch up, but they never do.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Henry and there are so many white and Asian babies . 6 years ago when we moved in there were none to be seen. Now at least 30 between 0 and 3 in or near Arlington Village alone!

You, um, actually counted?

Very true concerning PP, they own one of the largest units in Arlington Village. She said there has been more people with one child moving to the community. She said the pattern now if it is 2 bedroom row house unit usually a couple that is pregnant, baby, toddler, or young child will buy for the purpose of their child to go to Henry. She said there are so many people with strollers in the community that as long as the school is excellent those size units and the three bedroom units will always have some demand. She also said the community is district to the new s.arlington elem school that will be built next to the middle school.

Who is she?
Also, WHAT UP SOUTH ARLINGTON!! Long time no see.

I take she is who the poster knows. I know people there and a lot of more kids in that neighborhood. Probably school and close to DC for commute. That area is improving like new development okay by the county and other new restaurants. Will it be like Clarendon, no. It reminds me more of what U street in DC was developing in 2007. That portion of the pike will continue to gentrify.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Henry and there are so many white and Asian babies . 6 years ago when we moved in there were none to be seen. Now at least 30 between 0 and 3 in or near Arlington Village alone!

You, um, actually counted?

Very true concerning PP, they own one of the largest units in Arlington Village. She said there has been more people with one child moving to the community. She said the pattern now if it is 2 bedroom row house unit usually a couple that is pregnant, baby, toddler, or young child will buy for the purpose of their child to go to Henry. She said there are so many people with strollers in the community that as long as the school is excellent those size units and the three bedroom units will always have some demand. She also said the community is district to the new s.arlington elem school that will be built next to the middle school.

Who is she?
Also, WHAT UP SOUTH ARLINGTON!! Long time no see.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Henry and there are so many white and Asian babies . 6 years ago when we moved in there were none to be seen. Now at least 30 between 0 and 3 in or near Arlington Village alone!

You, um, actually counted?

Very true concerning PP, they own one of the largest units in Arlington Village. She said there has been more people with one child moving to the community. She said the pattern now if it is 2 bedroom row house unit usually a couple that is pregnant, baby, toddler, or young child will buy for the purpose of their child to go to Henry. She said there are so many people with strollers in the community that as long as the school is excellent those size units and the three bedroom units will always have some demand. She also said the community is district to the new s.arlington elem school that will be built next to the middle school.

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't believe that The Post didn't do a little more investigative reporting. The reporter just took Bostick's fans' opinions as the gospel truth. The article didn't mention the high staff turnover, the abusive environment or the suicide. Lousy reporting.

Terrible reporting indeed. Just propping up a tired narrative of the poor put upon teacher/administrator , at the mercy of the evil testing. One little voice from the immigrant community, asking if they are actually getting what they need. Are they? Their scores suck, but that's because they're immigrants right? We should just feel good that we have them here. They should just kiss our feet that we allow them to live amongst us, right? Right?

I couldn't believe that The Post didn't do a little more investigative reporting. The reporter just took Bostick's fans' opinions as the gospel truth. The article didn't mention the high staff turnover, the abusive environment or the suicide. Lousy reporting.

Look: the Washington post has article about Randolph elementary school...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-district-removes-a-popular-principal-drawing-protests-from-parents/2016/08/06/a6b67570-5a7a-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html