PTA wealth redistribution article in Arlnow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Yes. There is a huge affordable housing group that is saying just that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Yes. There is a huge affordable housing group that is saying just that.

LOL. Not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Affordable housing is already available — outside of the beltway. Why should we have to subsidize others so they can live close in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Thank you for your opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Thank you for your opinion.

No thank you necessary. This is an opinion thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Yes. There is a huge affordable housing group that is saying just that.

DP. And that is complete baloney. No one has the right to live wherever they want regardless of ability to pay for it. I don't have that right, you don't have that right, no one has that right. The level of entitlement behind that perspective is mindboggling and I say this as someone who would probably qualify in several categories if it is based on minority and other special case statuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Yes. There is a huge affordable housing group that is saying just that.

There is no "huge affordable housing group" in arlington saying that. The AH people in Arlington very much support economic segregation and concentrating AH in the same neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Not quite true. First of all, the segregation and not interacting with each other doesn't refer to race. It refers to economic status because our schools are segregated economically. By default, therefore, they are largely separated by race because the economics correlate to race and school attendance zones are geographical.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Agree 100%. We should be distributing the AH units across the county. Pockets cause a variety of issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Not quite true. First of all, the segregation and not interacting with each other doesn't refer to race. It refers to economic status because our schools are segregated economically. By default, therefore, they are largely separated by race because the economics correlate to race and school attendance zones are geographical.....

SES is also linked to hard work. Academic outcomes are linked to parental involvement. Sorry, but there are other causes than those you’re mentioning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Agree 100%. We should be distributing the AH units across the county. Pockets cause a variety of issues.

We should eliminate AH units and let people move to more affordable regions of the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

Not quite true. First of all, the segregation and not interacting with each other doesn't refer to race. It refers to economic status because our schools are segregated economically. By default, therefore, they are largely separated by race because the economics correlate to race and school attendance zones are geographical.....

SES is also linked to hard work. Academic outcomes are linked to parental involvement. Sorry, but there are other causes than those you’re mentioning.

Go away. We don’t need vile POSs like you in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Agree 100%. We should be distributing the AH units across the county. Pockets cause a variety of issues.

We should eliminate AH units and let people move to more affordable regions of the state.

Let’s ship out the vile bigots and give their homes to people requiring AH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the issue? APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect, create, and innovate[/b]

Here's the issue. They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them. "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)?

DP. I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County. This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it. If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

Agree 100%. We should be distributing the AH units across the county. Pockets cause a variety of issues.

We should eliminate AH units and let people move to more affordable regions of the state.

Let’s ship out the vile bigots and give their homes to people requiring AH.

Sorry, honey. That’s not how it works.