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Anonymous wrote:Looking down on "townhome kids" is so crofton. I live in aa co again now but I am soo glad I moved from crofton/aa county for my 20s and most of my 30s. So many people go to college and come right back to Crofton which is why these nasty attitudes persist. And honestly I agree there should not be split articulation from nantucket, it's bonkers! There is the argument, not trying to throw "townhome kids" under the bus and making it their fault somehow. The nantucket folks are right and yet soo unsympathetic.

If River Walk would simply get on board with moving to the Arundel cluster, there would be no need for the split articulation of Nantucket.

Maybe they don’t want their kids to have to move either.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking down on "townhome kids" is so crofton. I live in aa co again now but I am soo glad I moved from crofton/aa county for my 20s and most of my 30s. So many people go to college and come right back to Crofton which is why these nasty attitudes persist. And honestly I agree there should not be split articulation from nantucket, it's bonkers! There is the argument, not trying to throw "townhome kids" under the bus and making it their fault somehow. The nantucket folks are right and yet soo unsympathetic.

If River Walk would simply get on board with moving to the Arundel cluster, there would be no need for the split articulation of Nantucket.

Anonymous wrote:Looking down on "townhome kids" is so crofton. I live in aa co again now but I am soo glad I moved from crofton/aa county for my 20s and most of my 30s. So many people go to college and come right back to Crofton which is why these nasty attitudes persist. And honestly I agree there should not be split articulation from nantucket, it's bonkers! There is the argument, not trying to throw "townhome kids" under the bus and making it their fault somehow. The nantucket folks are right and yet soo unsympathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

It IS the boundary except for River Walk. Why should that neighborhood be the exception?

Because kids in Riverwalk have to use Route 3 to get to any high school they attend regardless of whether it’s Arundel or Crofton. Why should they go to a school that’s 14 minutes away (Arundel) vs 8 minutes away (Crofton)? Riverwalk students would have to be on Route 3 for even longer if they go to Arundel vs Crofton. It almost seems pathetic and cruel.

Also, Route 3 wasn’t the boundary between Crofton and Arundel until Crofton High opened. Waugh Chapel communities, Two Rivers, and Forks of Patuxent all used to attend the Crofton feeder.

You can’t get to anywhere from River Walk without getting on route 3. People who live there accept the risks of Route 3 as part of living there. They’re getting on route 3 no matter what, but that isn’t true of the rest of Crofton. It isn’t fair to put Nantucket kids onto Route 3 unnecessarily.

Do you think the Nantucket kids are going to have to hitch hike down Route 3 or something? What exactly isn't fair about having to drive on a bigger road than a smaller one?

Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

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Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

It IS the boundary except for River Walk. Why should that neighborhood be the exception?

Because kids in Riverwalk have to use Route 3 to get to any high school they attend regardless of whether it’s Arundel or Crofton. Why should they go to a school that’s 14 minutes away (Arundel) vs 8 minutes away (Crofton)? Riverwalk students would have to be on Route 3 for even longer if they go to Arundel vs Crofton. It almost seems pathetic and cruel.

Also, Route 3 wasn’t the boundary between Crofton and Arundel until Crofton High opened. Waugh Chapel communities, Two Rivers, and Forks of Patuxent all used to attend the Crofton feeder.

You can’t get to anywhere from River Walk without getting on route 3. People who live there accept the risks of Route 3 as part of living there. They’re getting on route 3 no matter what, but that isn’t true of the rest of Crofton. It isn’t fair to put Nantucket kids onto Route 3 unnecessarily.

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Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

It IS the boundary except for River Walk. Why should that neighborhood be the exception?

Because kids in Riverwalk have to use Route 3 to get to any high school they attend regardless of whether it’s Arundel or Crofton. Why should they go to a school that’s 14 minutes away (Arundel) vs 8 minutes away (Crofton)? Riverwalk students would have to be on Route 3 for even longer if they go to Arundel vs Crofton. It almost seems pathetic and cruel.

Also, Route 3 wasn’t the boundary between Crofton and Arundel until Crofton High opened. Waugh Chapel communities, Two Rivers, and Forks of Patuxent all used to attend the Crofton feeder.

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Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

It IS the boundary except for River Walk. Why should that neighborhood be the exception?

Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

Anonymous wrote:Saying that Route 3 should be the hard boundary between the Arundel and Crofton clusters is as ridiculous as saying that Route 2 should be the hard boundary between the Severna Park and Broadneck clusters. Could you imagine kids living as north as Berrywoood being bused to Broadneck? Or kids living near the Severn River bridge being bused to Broadneck?

Anonymous wrote:The assumption that Nantucket parents wanted to kick other students out of the Crofton cluster is so off the mark. I’m not a Crofton parent, but I’m really close with one of the Nantucket parents who was heavily involved in the advocacy throughout the redistricting process. She said she believes Crofton Woods and Riverwalk parents should also get the chance to be heard and make their case, and that she wanted to work with them. That’s where “One Crofton” came from. It anything, Nantucket parents were the ones advocating for everyone in Crofton from the very start, then when the newer maps were released in the summer that only impacted Nantucket, suddenly all the Crofton Woods people who liked “One Crofton” were silent and disappeared.

It’s so awful that so many people are deciding to slander parents—about half of whom are Black and brown, accuse them of being racist, classist, or hating Arundel (even though many of these people have older kids they willingly sent to Arundel).

Most people in Crofton love Arundel and are immensely grateful for Arundel educating numerous generations of Crofton kids and leading them to success as adults. There is a lot of wildcat pride in Crofton and that will never go away. This has nothing to do with not liking Arundel.

This could have easily happened to your neighborhood and your kids, and it still can in the future. This fight will benefit all kids in the county and force AACPS to be transparent and use accurate data.

Anonymous wrote:The assumption that Nantucket parents wanted to kick other students out of the Crofton cluster is so off the mark. I’m not a Crofton parent, but I’m really close with one of the Nantucket parents who was heavily involved in the advocacy throughout the redistricting process. She said she believes Crofton Woods and Riverwalk parents should also get the chance to be heard and make their case, and that she wanted to work with them. That’s where “One Crofton” came from. It anything, Nantucket parents were the ones advocating for everyone in Crofton from the very start, then when the newer maps were released in the summer that only impacted Nantucket, suddenly all the Crofton Woods people who liked “One Crofton” were silent and disappeared.

It’s so awful that so many people are deciding to slander parents—about half of whom are Black and brown, accuse them of being racist, classist, or hating Arundel (even though many of these people have older kids they willingly sent to Arundel).

Most people in Crofton love Arundel and are immensely grateful for Arundel educating numerous generations of Crofton kids and leading them to success as adults. There is a lot of wildcat pride in Crofton and that will never go away. This has nothing to do with not liking Arundel.

This could have easily happened to your neighborhood and your kids, and it still can in the future. This fight will benefit all kids in the county and force AACPS to be transparent and use accurate data.