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Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Jamestown does not have many types of families, if you look at race and income.
That part is not at all true. In fact, the stats as published have to be taken with a grain of salt since the (only ~3%) non-white, low economic kids are from their pre-Ks program who are not allowed to stay past K. However, I will say that Jamestown families, at least all the ones I know and I have met, are friendly, helpful, and generally people I’d love as neighbors (zero negative experiences). I think if you fit into the demographic you will love it there.

Where can you find the data / stats mentioned here?

Check out the demographics link for APS’s equity dashboards.

https://analytics.apsva.us/public/equity/aps_membership.html

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Anonymous wrote:Jamestown has a FARMS rate of 4.57% (county average 30.13%) and is 79% white (county average 44.1%). So yeah, those are the stats. Do what you want with them.

Arlington county is 70% white, per the census. Not sure where you get 44.1% but you are wrong

It’s because some people are using the APS stats. This is a discussion about the public schools so some people are using the demographics of the student population. A PP pointed this out.

They shouldn’t though — it’s misleading. The county figures are a much better comparison and desirable benchmark.

Why?

Because schools should reflect their communities. The issue with dramatically different demographics within the schools is a different policy question.

The fact is that only 44% of APS students are white but 70% of the population of Arlington County is white. Do you see that as a problem? I don't really get where you're going with this.

Yea, it’s a problem, just not in the way you seem to think it is.

Nobody knows what you’re talking about. Are you uncomfortable posting your views anonymously online?

Sure. If you have high concentrations of certain students in lower-performing schools and that diverges sharply from the community's demographic profile overall, that's a different policy issue than the school issues. It's an anomaly, and potentially a public policy problem -- with housing, immigration, law enforcement, income inequality, whatever. But it's artificial to insist the school system overall must distribute demographics based on the student population when there is this anomaly rather than the community as a whole because the known solutions (i.e. forced busing) have failed in the past.

It isn't an issue of aging populations/grandmas versus young population. It's an issue of how young people are distributed in the community.

Shorter: Ghettos are bad.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Jamestown does not have many types of families, if you look at race and income.
That part is not at all true. In fact, the stats as published have to be taken with a grain of salt since the (only ~3%) non-white, low economic kids are from their pre-Ks program who are not allowed to stay past K. However, I will say that Jamestown families, at least all the ones I know and I have met, are friendly, helpful, and generally people I’d love as neighbors (zero negative experiences). I think if you fit into the demographic you will love it there.

Where can you find the data / stats mentioned here?

Virginia Dept of Education website.

https://www.apsva.us/statistics/
Look under "statistics" and you'll find break-outs by grade, by school for the past years. APS publishes it each year, but not until after the September 30th enrollment data is collected.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Jamestown does not have many types of families, if you look at race and income.
That part is not at all true. In fact, the stats as published have to be taken with a grain of salt since the (only ~3%) non-white, low economic kids are from their pre-Ks program who are not allowed to stay past K. However, I will say that Jamestown families, at least all the ones I know and I have met, are friendly, helpful, and generally people I’d love as neighbors (zero negative experiences). I think if you fit into the demographic you will love it there.

Where can you find the data / stats mentioned here?

Virginia Dept of Education website.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Jamestown does not have many types of families, if you look at race and income.
That part is not at all true. In fact, the stats as published have to be taken with a grain of salt since the (only ~3%) non-white, low economic kids are from their pre-Ks program who are not allowed to stay past K. However, I will say that Jamestown families, at least all the ones I know and I have met, are friendly, helpful, and generally people I’d love as neighbors (zero negative experiences). I think if you fit into the demographic you will love it there.

Where can you find the data / stats mentioned here?

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Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Jamestown does not have many types of families, if you look at race and income.
That part is not at all true. In fact, the stats as published have to be taken with a grain of salt since the (only ~3%) non-white, low economic kids are from their pre-Ks program who are not allowed to stay past K. However, I will say that Jamestown families, at least all the ones I know and I have met, are friendly, helpful, and generally people I’d love as neighbors (zero negative experiences). I think if you fit into the demographic you will love it there.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

If you are a high income, highly educated black or Asian family you will likely want to look elsewhere, where there are other families like yours; wealthy/educated/non-white.

Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

Yes, yes, yes and yes! Current family here—don’t listen to all the haters in this thread. Jamestown has many different types of families and is welcoming to all. Many federal govt employees (CIA, DOD, etc…….). Not everyone is uber rich and those who are, are actually nice and not snobby.

Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

The school is definitely welcoming to new families - quite a few military kids, state dept kids and diplomatic corps kids go there. I would call to see if you can get a tour - sometimes that is possible for the older grades.

Anonymous wrote:OP - Thank you. Are the teachers motivated? Are the kids happy and engaged? Is the school welcoming to new families? Is the vibe a positive one?

If you fit the correct profile, you will be welcomed. Younger, thin, pretty mom who either doesn’t work or has a big fancy job and an older dad who golfs and fits in at WGCC are key.

Anonymous wrote:Moving from out of state and considering purchasing a home zoned for Jamestown ES. We have three kids (rising k, 2, 4). What is the school like?

My kids don’t go there. I have heard (and I have no idea if it’s true) that some schools will offer tours for new families outside of K orientation. It’s almost the end of the school year so I have no idea if this could get organized with either of your schedules, but it might not hurt to ask.

It seems incredible to me that a public school would have these resources but this is what I have heard. Sorry I don’t know more!