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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps these PP are not so much as dredging up old information as they are highlighting the fact that you continue to spout the same nonsense as before and developing your narrative that best serves your DC without consideration for others and the greater good of the system (because you are car-free and "special" ) - yes, you should be able to go to any school's aftercare because you walk everywhere. Sorry, your logic is lost on me.

What about an extended day late bus? Like it runs at 5:30PM and collects from like 5 schools and drops the kids home? There is routing software so you could just sign up people and generate an optimized route each year?

OMG-Yes!!! Please let’s use APS transportation monies to pick up all the kids with working parents and drive them home during rush hour traffic. It will make working parents’ lives much easier, isn’t that what’s important here? It would be great too if they could send some busses by in the morning and collect the kids as well.

Seriously— love love love this idea. Busses for all— all day and all night!

Better yet, how about ending extended day when the regular late bus comes to pick-up kids from after-school enrichment (those schools that have a late bus); or eliminating extended day entirely?

I will never cease to be amazed by Arlington parents. Whine and complain about having to be able to walk to school to minimize transportation costs; but then let's add transportation routes for the kids whose parents have to leave work to pick them up from school by 6 PM; then, once that's added, complain that the kids get home too late and their day is just so long and they don't have time for soccer anymore.

Funny thing is, they ALREADY send buses to pick up kids and take them home during rush hour traffic and they already send buses around in the mornings and take them to school. Just not at customized times for each entitled family.

DOUBLE EYE ROLL

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I don’t think they’re going to carve up civic associations unless they absolutely have to in order to make the numbers work, even considering walk zones. Just conjecture on my part.

This has to be one of the funniest posts I’ve ever read- yes, god forbid they break up the Civic Associations— even if that means disregarding obvious and natural walk zones!

How does the Lyon Village Civic Association survive being split between Taylor and ASFS? It must be total chaos and unbearable. Best send them all to the new Key school.

+1. APS uses planning units, not civic associations. There are multiple civic associations in Arlington that are split between schools.

Yes; though very small associations shouldn't be split unless they absolutely need to be. Absolutely no reason at all a large civic association can't, or shouldn't, be divided.

Why? My kids have no idea what civic association we live in; it is a non issue to them. We live near the border of our CA, and they have more friends and more familiarity with the other CA neighborhood than the bulk of our own.

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WTF does the CA have to do with the schools? Answer: NOTHING.

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I don’t think they’re going to carve up civic associations unless they absolutely have to in order to make the numbers work, even considering walk zones. Just conjecture on my part.

This has to be one of the funniest posts I’ve ever read- yes, god forbid they break up the Civic Associations— even if that means disregarding obvious and natural walk zones!

How does the Lyon Village Civic Association survive being split between Taylor and ASFS? It must be total chaos and unbearable. Best send them all to the new Key school.

+1. APS uses planning units, not civic associations. There are multiple civic associations in Arlington that are split between schools.

Yes; though very small associations shouldn't be split unless they absolutely need to be. Absolutely no reason at all a large civic association can't, or shouldn't, be divided.

Why? My kids have no idea what civic association we live in; it is a non issue to them. We live near the border of our CA, and they have more friends and more familiarity with the other CA neighborhood than the bulk of our own.

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I don’t think they’re going to carve up civic associations unless they absolutely have to in order to make the numbers work, even considering walk zones. Just conjecture on my part.

This has to be one of the funniest posts I’ve ever read- yes, god forbid they break up the Civic Associations— even if that means disregarding obvious and natural walk zones!

How does the Lyon Village Civic Association survive being split between Taylor and ASFS? It must be total chaos and unbearable. Best send them all to the new Key school.

+1. APS uses planning units, not civic associations. There are multiple civic associations in Arlington that are split between schools.

Yes; though very small associations shouldn't be split unless they absolutely need to be. Absolutely no reason at all a large civic association can't, or shouldn't, be divided.

they definitely dont give a rats a$$ about CAs
ours feeds 4 elementary schools - they have never cared about this nor is it big deal to manage from a CA perspective

Columbia Heights got chopped up in the last round to three schools: Fleet, Drew, and Hoffman Boston. CA are not sacrosanct. Although CH is in SA so maybe NA CA do get to stay together.

Yeah, civic associations are split up in the NW section of the county too. Leeway Overlee, Arlington East Falls Church, etc. I don’t think the SB gives civic association boundaries any thought at all. They’re not a big deal to most people.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on them keeping Civic Assoc's in tact. It reminds me of the Fairlington people crying last year that you couldn't possibly cut a community DIVIDED BY A HIGHWAY in half. People, there are streets in Arlington where the north side goes to one school and the south side goes to another. And not major streets. Residential streets.

Also, they don't care about keeping kids together elem and middle school. At a school board meeting last year they affirmed the policy of sending even one planning unit off to a diff middle school as long as the planning unit had 15 kids or something -- and not even 15 5th graders, total. They are happy to peel off 1-2 kids and send them by themselves.

Well, they didn’t split up Fairlington, did they? That’s why I said it. There are some people on the SB who take “neighborhood” schools quite literally. I don’t think they’ll even let staff present new maps that split up civic associations.

LOL— who are these SB members who take neighborhood schools literally? The same one who wouldn’t let families in the ASFS neighborhood attend ASFS, a neighborhood school?

You would actually be breaking up a neighborhood (Cherrydale) between Taylor and ASFS. So that is consistent. ASFS IS a neighborhood school now, just not the neighborhood where it sits.

Give it a rest. It will be sorted out at the boundary process.

NP. Cherrydale elementary school students are already divided between Glebe and Taylor, so no consistency there.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on them keeping Civic Assoc's in tact. It reminds me of the Fairlington people crying last year that you couldn't possibly cut a community DIVIDED BY A HIGHWAY in half. People, there are streets in Arlington where the north side goes to one school and the south side goes to another. And not major streets. Residential streets.

Also, they don't care about keeping kids together elem and middle school. At a school board meeting last year they affirmed the policy of sending even one planning unit off to a diff middle school as long as the planning unit had 15 kids or something -- and not even 15 5th graders, total. They are happy to peel off 1-2 kids and send them by themselves.

Well, they didn’t split up Fairlington, did they? That’s why I said it. There are some people on the SB who take “neighborhood” schools quite literally. I don’t think they’ll even let staff present new maps that split up civic associations.

LOL— who are these SB members who take neighborhood schools literally? The same one who wouldn’t let families in the ASFS neighborhood attend ASFS, a neighborhood school?

You would actually be breaking up a neighborhood (Cherrydale) between Taylor and ASFS. So that is consistent. ASFS IS a neighborhood school now, just not the neighborhood where it sits.

Give it a rest. It will be sorted out at the boundary process.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on them keeping Civic Assoc's in tact. It reminds me of the Fairlington people crying last year that you couldn't possibly cut a community DIVIDED BY A HIGHWAY in half. People, there are streets in Arlington where the north side goes to one school and the south side goes to another. And not major streets. Residential streets.

Also, they don't care about keeping kids together elem and middle school. At a school board meeting last year they affirmed the policy of sending even one planning unit off to a diff middle school as long as the planning unit had 15 kids or something -- and not even 15 5th graders, total. They are happy to peel off 1-2 kids and send them by themselves.

Well, they didn’t split up Fairlington, did they? That’s why I said it. There are some people on the SB who take “neighborhood” schools quite literally. I don’t think they’ll even let staff present new maps that split up civic associations.

LOL— who are these SB members who take neighborhood schools literally? The same one who wouldn’t let families in the ASFS neighborhood attend ASFS, a neighborhood school?

Anonymous wrote:LOL on them keeping Civic Assoc's in tact. It reminds me of the Fairlington people crying last year that you couldn't possibly cut a community DIVIDED BY A HIGHWAY in half. People, there are streets in Arlington where the north side goes to one school and the south side goes to another. And not major streets. Residential streets.

Also, they don't care about keeping kids together elem and middle school. At a school board meeting last year they affirmed the policy of sending even one planning unit off to a diff middle school as long as the planning unit had 15 kids or something -- and not even 15 5th graders, total. They are happy to peel off 1-2 kids and send them by themselves.

Well, they didn’t split up Fairlington, did they? That’s why I said it. There are some people on the SB who take “neighborhood” schools quite literally. I don’t think they’ll even let staff present new maps that split up civic associations.

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Anonymous wrote:What's going to happen to the Clarendon-Courthouse crazies when middle school boundaries are adjusted in 2022? They highjacked the MS boundary process to go to Hamm, but after they get sent to LB they'll need to be rezoned to Jefferson.

Oh yeah, the tears and crying on stage, as if the fact they were zoned for a different middle school from most of ASFS was a surprise to them.

Worked out well, they likely got a big discount on price since TJ definitely is not as sought after. LB I think is still pretty good so that’s a win for the crying crazies I guess.

This thread has really jumped the shark. You guys are dredging up stuff from literally two years ago. You are complaining about people getting zoned for a middle school, that opened 30% under capacity, and saying that they should get zoned for another one that is currently at 110% capacity, out of spite. What do you think that neighborhood did to you exactly?
You guys are the epitome of trolls. I really hope I never figure out who you all are in real life.

Fact check: Hamm's addition is not complete. It's actually at capacity for the amount of classrooms that are open. It'll be at capacity next year when the addition opens and grandfathering ends.

Was there grandfathering for MS?

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps these PP are not so much as dredging up old information as they are highlighting the fact that you continue to spout the same nonsense as before and developing your narrative that best serves your DC without consideration for others and the greater good of the system (because you are car-free and "special" ) - yes, you should be able to go to any school's aftercare because you walk everywhere. Sorry, your logic is lost on me.

What about an extended day late bus? Like it runs at 5:30PM and collects from like 5 schools and drops the kids home? There is routing software so you could just sign up people and generate an optimized route each year?

OMG-Yes!!! Please let’s use APS transportation monies to pick up all the kids with working parents and drive them home during rush hour traffic. It will make working parents’ lives much easier, isn’t that what’s important here? It would be great too if they could send some busses by in the morning and collect the kids as well.

Seriously— love love love this idea. Busses for all— all day and all night!

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps these PP are not so much as dredging up old information as they are highlighting the fact that you continue to spout the same nonsense as before and developing your narrative that best serves your DC without consideration for others and the greater good of the system (because you are car-free and "special" ) - yes, you should be able to go to any school's aftercare because you walk everywhere. Sorry, your logic is lost on me.

So I'm the person who got beat up earlier for having older kids and no car.
I was never involved in any walkzone discussion. I wasn't involved in a middle school discussion. I can't spout the same nonsense, because I am a different person, and as far as I can tell I have (and hopefully will) never encounter you outside of cyberspace.
The extended day idea of being able to sign up at other schools has been brought up a lot before. It has nothing to do with walking:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/75/788138.page

well you two won't be meeting in the carpool, that's for sure!

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps these PP are not so much as dredging up old information as they are highlighting the fact that you continue to spout the same nonsense as before and developing your narrative that best serves your DC without consideration for others and the greater good of the system (because you are car-free and "special" ) - yes, you should be able to go to any school's aftercare because you walk everywhere. Sorry, your logic is lost on me.

So I'm the person who got beat up earlier for having older kids and no car.
I was never involved in any walkzone discussion. I wasn't involved in a middle school discussion. I can't spout the same nonsense, because I am a different person, and as far as I can tell I have (and hopefully will) never encounter you outside of cyberspace.
The extended day idea of being able to sign up at other schools has been brought up a lot before. It has nothing to do with walking:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/75/788138.page