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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Sorry. Don't need an increase. My 7 figure home is much nicer than most of our kids' friends who are zoned for Yorktown. Not everyone in WL is poorer than their YT counterparts. But please do continue your crusade and then not only will we see this 'increase' that you speak of but I'll be much happier that there's some diversity in YT if my kids get stuck there. Contrary to popular belief, we CHOSE to live in the WL school zone over YT. Again, we are not a white family.

One could easily say it's the Wakefield parents who are paying lip service. They claim to love diversity at 42% or 46% but not if it's approaches 50%. And there have been enough S. Arlington folks on this thread who have mentioned concerns about property values.

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Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

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Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

Priceless Neal. Never gets old.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Life isn't all about property values.

-Yorktown parent

Also, on the list of Things I'm Not Worried About: the rate of increase of the value of my house in 22201.

I do worry about what the Whiny White Haves are doing to Arlington as a community.

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My house's value has more to do with the fact that it's walkable to metro than whether it's zoned W-L or Yorktown. Metro's woes concern me more on that front. I'd rather have W-L because it's walkable, but whatever.

Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

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Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

What is so delusional about parents buying homes in an area where the school's test scores are strong?
I'll tell you what is delusional. All these crazy white parents in South Arlington who are so bitter b/c 1) they can't afford to move to a better neighborhood to ensure their kids aren't minorities in their public schools; 2) they may be facing losses in property values as their schools (not just HS) continue to face more FARMS students as more affordable housings units are built in the south. Most rational parents who plan on sending their kids to APS would choose N. Arlington over S. Arlington any day. WAAH. I made a bad choice and now I won't rest until other kids suffer just like mine will. I guess it's true what they say, "Misery loves company."

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Anonymous wrote:Redistricting areas (LV, Arlington Forest, etc.) that are within the walk zone would have the effect of preventing these students from walking home after school activities, require more buses, and incur costs for the County among other things. It is interesting that Arlington issued a news release this summer titled "Arlington Highlighted as Example of Walkability for the Nation" - in which, Arlington leadership said to create walkability, you have to create pockets of walking zones between people's homes and .... schools. It seems that the school staff's potential solutions to the school overcapacity issue should be in line with the County's overall goals.

“Arlington will be a diverse and inclusive world-class urban community with secure, attractive residential and commercial neighborhoods where people unite to form a caring, learning, participating, sustainable community in which each person is important.”
— Arlington County Board

This is the mission of Arlington County. While walkability may be a goal, diversity and inclusion is a core value.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.

Life isn't all about property values.

-Yorktown parent

Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

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Ladies and Gentlemen: white privilege! How nice that your home's value doesn't matter to your personal wealth.

Ladies and Gentlemen: White delusional entitlement! Not only must the value of my house increase, but it must do so as rapidly as possible, and that is best ensured by being zoned to a school full of rich white kids.

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Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

show me some examples of houses in South Arlington and North Arlington that are both the same walkable distance from the metro and equivalent houses, where the S. Arlington one is much lower in price. I really don't think this is true at all.
Alexandria is not a comp b/c you are talking not Arlington and also further out.

Anonymous wrote:Redistricting areas (LV, Arlington Forest, etc.) that are within the walk zone would have the effect of preventing these students from walking home after school activities, require more buses, and incur costs for the County among other things. It is interesting that Arlington issued a news release this summer titled "Arlington Highlighted as Example of Walkability for the Nation" - in which, Arlington leadership said to create walkability, you have to create pockets of walking zones between people's homes and .... schools. It seems that the school staff's potential solutions to the school overcapacity issue should be in line with the County's overall goals.

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Oh, that's interesting! Because you can buy a SFH walkable to the metro in South Arlington or Alexandria, but FOR SOME REASON it'll be much lower in price. But I'm sure schools have nothing to do with it.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the people at W-L paying lip service to the idea that they should be upset at the prospect of moving to Yorktown will get over it when their property values increase.