Two years ago, a motorcyclist died in a crash involving a school bus near Drew Elementary School in Green Valley. A week later later, a car seriously injured a toddler who was playing in the sidewalk intersecting with an alley in Westover. Following those two crashes, Arlington County embarked on a county-wide look at alleys
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An attempt by Arlington Public Schools to balance enrollment without resorting to a boundary change did not go as planned.
This year, the school system encouraged families to apply to transfer from Abingdon Elementary School in Fairlington, which is projected to be at 119% capacity this fall, to Drew Elementary School in Green Valley, which is projected to be at 76% capacity. The schools are about two miles apart.
The application window closed two weeks ago, and so far, only 12 students are taking the “targeted transfer” option, which includes transportation to the new school, APS project planner Sarah Johnson said during last week’s School Board meeting.