How about moving everyone west of GM Dr btw Lee and Col to YT but move the island to WF? Going vertically instead horizontally?

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You have to first change a lot of the southern planning units to Wakefield, THEN you can change them to Yorktown.

I'd love to keep 3706, 3510, 3509, 3507 in W-L but it won't let me. I'm trying my best to do the SES distribution the NIMBYs in the far north and the county board WILL NOT DO with the unfair distribution of poverty on the west end of the Pike and around Ballston.

WL at 90% while YT at 110% and WF 107% in SY2020? what are you gonna do with those empty 250 seats at WL?

I know its already been said before, but the arguments above show you really have to make a choice between the 1.5 mi walk zones and de-segregation goals...

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I did:



You have to first change a lot of the southern planning units to Wakefield, THEN you can change them to Yorktown.

I'd love to keep 3706, 3510, 3509, 3507 in W-L but it won't let me. I'm trying my best to do the SES distribution the NIMBYs in the far north and the county board WILL NOT DO with the unfair distribution of poverty on the west end of the Pike and around Ballston.

What do you mean? I was able to keep those 4 units in W-L. Just don't extend the Yorktown boundary down so far. Keep 3504, 3505, and 3508 in W-L and 3706, 3510, 3509, and 3507 can stay, too.

I moved 1302, 1304, 1303, 3501, 3502, and 3503 to Yorktown and also extended the Yorktown island to include 4899, 4818, 4816, and 4829. I moved 1202, 1203, 4606, 4695, and 4604 to Wakefield.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you for real?? Those 4 planning units you are sending to Wakefield contain literally hundreds of students receiving free and reduced lunch. This increases poverty at Wakefield, leaves W-L wealthier and does nothing to Yorktown. Where exactly do you live?

Ugh, +1

As other posters have pointed out, your map doesn't have to be all green for it to be accepted. Some yellow will go through. That may solve the problem, unless you are being disingenuous about "would love to" keep those high-FARMS units at W-L.

Taking another look at 13:39's map, I can see where you might have thought this would be somewhat balanced demographically, as the units by Hoffman-Boston have moderate FARMS rates. The western pike is was more FARMS-heavy though, and trends would suggest it will remain so (if not increase) while the Hoffman-Boston area may or is already starting to improve.

Anonymous wrote:Here's what I did:



You have to first change a lot of the southern planning units to Wakefield, THEN you can change them to Yorktown.

I'd love to keep 3706, 3510, 3509, 3507 in W-L but it won't let me. I'm trying my best to do the SES distribution the NIMBYs in the far north and the county board WILL NOT DO with the unfair distribution of poverty on the west end of the Pike and around Ballston.

Just want to note that this is a different poster from 12:04.

Anonymous wrote:Are you for real?? Those 4 planning units you are sending to Wakefield contain literally hundreds of students receiving free and reduced lunch. This increases poverty at Wakefield, leaves W-L wealthier and does nothing to Yorktown. Where exactly do you live?

Ugh, +1

As other posters have pointed out, your map doesn't have to be all green for it to be accepted. Some yellow will go through. That may solve the problem, unless you are being disingenuous about "would love to" keep those high-FARMS units at W-L.

Are you for real?? Those 4 planning units you are sending to Wakefield contain literally hundreds of students receiving free and reduced lunch. This increases poverty at Wakefield, leaves W-L wealthier and does nothing to Yorktown. Where exactly do you live?

Here's what I did:



You have to first change a lot of the southern planning units to Wakefield, THEN you can change them to Yorktown.

I'd love to keep 3706, 3510, 3509, 3507 in W-L but it won't let me. I'm trying my best to do the SES distribution the NIMBYs in the far north and the county board WILL NOT DO with the unfair distribution of poverty on the west end of the Pike and around Ballston.

I sent my proposed map in. I relieved W-L crowding mostly by moving planning units to Yorktown. The only planning units I moved to Wakefield had fewer than 10 economically disadvantaged students in them. I managed to get into the green for all 3 schools for all years, except the first year at Wakefield remained yellow.

I also tried to keep the current walk zones intact, but I ignored the new 1.5 mile circles. While I 100% agree that high school students should be able to navigate 1.5 miles without a school bus, the reality is that if 1.5 miles is the standard in a county as small as Arlington, it becomes almost impossible to move *any* students.

I reluctantly checked that "diversity" was one of my most important goals. Reluctantly, because I don't want "diversity" to be read as "more kids of color at Yorktown." Frankly, I think diversifying Yorktown needs to take a backseat to the much more important goal of *not* concentrating low-income students in one high school. I explained this in the comment box, but who knows whether these will comments will actually be read by anyone. I also checked the "proximity" box as important but noted in the comment my concern about moving to a 1.5-mile standard.

I also asked in the comment box why some of the planning units could be moved only to Yorktown and others only to Wakefield, since it might be easier to balance low-income students if there was more flexibility.

And finally, I commented that we need a fourth comprehensive high school on the VH parcel. I wrote it in all caps--think that makes a difference?

If it matters, I live in a W-L planning unit that is not being considered for reassignment.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ I think I know who this is, and I love it when they come here and lay the smack down.

::Waves::

Was it the Judge Judy quote that gave it away? It was the Judge Judy, right? Damn I love that lady.

+1000 - best post of the day

Anonymous wrote:^^^ I think I know who this is, and I love it when they come here and lay the smack down.

::Waves::

Was it the Judge Judy quote that gave it away? It was the Judge Judy, right? Damn I love that lady.

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Anonymous wrote:There are children in south Arlington who never leave ESOL. IB isn't really a great fit for Wakefield.

It's not like those kids are killing AP exams so it really doesn't matter.

My point was that an liberal arts comprehensive program wasn't a great fit for existing community. Something math/science related would make more sense.

My point is that the IB program has evolved into a boutique offering. Neither W-L nor Yorktown need anything other than high test scores provided by their local demographics to make their schools appealing and high-performing. The people who want to take advantage of IB should be the ones to make sacrifices for it (ie apply and travel) rather than displacing neighborhood kids or overcrowding the school.

I don't necessarily disagree, but if you want to move it to relieve overcrowding, I'm not sure it would help.

Anonymous wrote:Ha. I'm the one who posted that affordable housing is not the cause of high Farms rates. I don't profit from it, nor do I live in 22207, but I do wholeheartedly support AH policy.

You aren't taking account of all of the county's "tools" for maintaining affordable units, that includes market rate. You also aren't taking into account secondary affects. It's cool that you have a bleeding heart, but you are incorrect on this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are children in south Arlington who never leave ESOL. IB isn't really a great fit for Wakefield.

It's not like those kids are killing AP exams so it really doesn't matter.

My point was that an liberal arts comprehensive program wasn't a great fit for existing community. Something math/science related would make more sense.

My point is that the IB program has evolved into a boutique offering. Neither W-L nor Yorktown need anything other than high test scores provided by their local demographics to make their schools appealing and high-performing. The people who want to take advantage of IB should be the ones to make sacrifices for it (ie apply and travel) rather than displacing neighborhood kids or overcrowding the school.