APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just rename it Washington-Lincoln HS? Sounds almost identical, plus they can keep the W-L abbreviation. Easy fix

Washington was a slave owner. Where does this stop?

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't they teach logic in some PP's schools? Cleansing history does not equate to glorifying idiots via naming public institutions after them.

They aren not the same thing

They taught us math. If you spend your money here, you no longer have it to spend there. They also taught us the meaning of the word hypocrisy. As in - don’t kick out one of the few historically back PU’s zoned to your school and then want a cookie for changing a name. What’s in a name? Nothing. It means nothing, because we don’t live our values.

Dude, one of the issues is that "historically black" neighborhood isn't really that way any longer. It's been gentrified, and while it's more diverse than many of the PU's that made the cut, it's hardly the worst thing they could've done in terms of diversity. Not the best, but not the worst either. They should still change the name. But maybe they can find different W-L people so that it's not as pricey a change. They can still be the "Generals," because who cares about whether the mascot makes sense.

"warmongers" Can't have that.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess we should change the name of "Arlington" as well. After all, it's named after the traitor Lee's plantation.

Anyway, we can just drop Lee and change Washingron to honor a different Virginian, Booker T. Washington. Done. Mascot can be the peanuts.

Do you mean George Washington Carver?

I meant Booker, because he was a Virginian, but I accidentally conflated the two men (after looking up famous people with "Washington" in their names). So, peanut wouldn't work as a mascot. I can't find anyone with the last name Lee, however.

Harry “Lightfoot” Lee

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

Sorry angry dude, you're describing yourself, not me. I think there's value in going to an integrated school. You're terrified of poor people and I don't know why, but it's your hang up and apparently it's easy to freak you out by advocating that NA schools integrate.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

Sorry angry dude, you're describing yourself, not me. I think there's value in going to an integrated school. You're terrified of poor people and I don't know why, but it's your hang up and apparently it's easy to freak you out by advocating that NA schools integrate.

Im not angry or freaked out. Im pointing out that you do not favor lowering the academic quality of the student body in your kids’ school by busing poors/low test scores into your kid’s school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

I want a mix at my kids’ schools too. And I want walkable/short bus. They are NOT mutually exclusive. We are fortunate to have both.

Most parents prioritized proximity.

I'm curious which elementary you think is well integrated.

Long Branch.

FARM % is approx same as county-wide FARM %

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

Sorry angry dude, you're describing yourself, not me. I think there's value in going to an integrated school. You're terrified of poor people and I don't know why, but it's your hang up and apparently it's easy to freak you out by advocating that NA schools integrate.

Im not angry or freaked out. Im pointing out that you do not favor lowering the academic quality of the student body in your kids’ school by busing poors/low test scores into your kid’s school.

Well, I live in south Arlington so it's not even an option to "lower the academic quality of the student body" but it's also a meaningless concept. I favor integration and if I had $1m to live in a house zoned to Long Branch I'd still favor having a diverse student body. I'm not the hypocrite you think I am.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

I want a mix at my kids’ schools too. And I want walkable/short bus. They are NOT mutually exclusive. We are fortunate to have both.

Most parents prioritized proximity.

I'm curious which elementary you think is well integrated.

Long Branch.

FARM % is approx same as county-wide FARM %

I'm happy for you, but you're the exception. Except for the fortunate few, it's very hard to get access to a school with a student body that resembles the county at large, and isn't dominated either by wealth or poverty. You either must be able to afford a million dollar fixer upper in Lyon Village or win the AH lottery and get placed in a luxury high rise.

It's also pure luck that the handful of neighborhood schools like Long Branch (Oakridge and Henry, Ashlawn) are as integrated as they are. It takes commitment to keep a school integrated and I see no evidence of that from the SB or CB.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

I want a mix at my kids’ schools too. And I want walkable/short bus. They are NOT mutually exclusive. We are fortunate to have both.

Most parents prioritized proximity.

I'm curious which elementary you think is well integrated.

Long Branch.

FARM % is approx same as county-wide FARM %

I'm happy for you, but you're the exception. Except for the fortunate few, it's very hard to get access to a school with a student body that resembles the county at large, and isn't dominated either by wealth or poverty. You either must be able to afford a million dollar fixer upper in Lyon Village or win the AH lottery and get placed in a luxury high rise.

It's also pure luck that the handful of neighborhood schools like Long Branch (Oakridge and Henry, Ashlawn) are as integrated as they are. It takes commitment to keep a school integrated and I see no evidence of that from the SB or CB.

Not much of an exception. Most parents we know here as well as Key and ASFS all value diversity and walkability. They aren’t mutually exclusive preferences.

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^ And I place 99% of the blame on housing segregation on the CB. APS has limited, viable options.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

Sorry angry dude, you're describing yourself, not me. I think there's value in going to an integrated school. You're terrified of poor people and I don't know why, but it's your hang up and apparently it's easy to freak you out by advocating that NA schools integrate.

Im not angry or freaked out. Im pointing out that you do not favor lowering the academic quality of the student body in your kids’ school by busing poors/low test scores into your kid’s school.

Well, I live in south Arlington so it's not even an option to "lower the academic quality of the student body" but it's also a meaningless concept. I favor integration and if I had $1m to live in a house zoned to Long Branch I'd still favor having a diverse student body. I'm not the hypocrite you think I am.

If the SB told you they were bussing in poors/low test scores to your kid’s current school, you would be apoplectic. But you criticize the parents of kids in Taylor, etc, bc they have a negative reaction when the SB tells them that it may bus in poors/low test scores into their kid’s school. Every parent in SA or NA with a kid in a school will react negatively if the sb tells them we are bussing poors/low test scores to their kid’s school. Poors/low test scores have a propensity to damage the learning environment. And at a certain percentage, the school is academically destroyed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

I want a mix at my kids’ schools too. And I want walkable/short bus. They are NOT mutually exclusive. We are fortunate to have both.

Most parents prioritized proximity.

I'm curious which elementary you think is well integrated.

Long Branch.

FARM % is approx same as county-wide FARM %

I'm happy for you, but you're the exception. Except for the fortunate few, it's very hard to get access to a school with a student body that resembles the county at large, and isn't dominated either by wealth or poverty. You either must be able to afford a million dollar fixer upper in Lyon Village or win the AH lottery and get placed in a luxury high rise.

It's also pure luck that the handful of neighborhood schools like Long Branch (Oakridge and Henry, Ashlawn) are as integrated as they are. It takes commitment to keep a school integrated and I see no evidence of that from the SB or CB.

Not much of an exception. Most parents we know here as well as Key and ASFS all value diversity and walkability. They aren’t mutually exclusive preferences.

There are more than 20 elementary schools and of those perhaps 4 are neighborhood schools that approximate to county average in terms of farms rate, or could otherwise be called diverse in a meaningful sense...the widespread desire for diversity I don't doubt; it's the access to it that is constrained. And it often falls by the wayside when people think about "quality" or their property values.

If you don't lottery into a AH unit on the orange line, or lottery into an option school, you'd better have a cool million to spend on a house. Not to pry, but it sounds like you do live in such a home. So again, good for you, but your experience is exceptional.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

Your school is already filled to the brim with poors and low test scores. You want lots of white, non-farms, high scores kids to dilute the poors/low test scores. The only way you can get what you want is by forcing your kid into the NA elementary or by trading lots of your school’s poors/low test scores for whites, non-farm/ high test scores. However, as your school is constitited right now, if someone told you, we are going to bus poors/low test score kids into your kids’s school and we arent offsetting them by adding whites/high test acores, you would say, the hell you are!! That’s my point- no one is in favor of dumbing down the student body, no matter how dumb it may or may not already be.

Sorry angry dude, you're describing yourself, not me. I think there's value in going to an integrated school. You're terrified of poor people and I don't know why, but it's your hang up and apparently it's easy to freak you out by advocating that NA schools integrate.

Im not angry or freaked out. Im pointing out that you do not favor lowering the academic quality of the student body in your kids’ school by busing poors/low test scores into your kid’s school.

Well, I live in south Arlington so it's not even an option to "lower the academic quality of the student body" but it's also a meaningless concept. I favor integration and if I had $1m to live in a house zoned to Long Branch I'd still favor having a diverse student body. I'm not the hypocrite you think I am.

If the SB told you they were bussing in poors/low test scores to your kid’s current school, you would be apoplectic. But you criticize the parents of kids in Taylor, etc, bc they have a negative reaction when the SB tells them that it may bus in poors/low test scores into their kid’s school. Every parent in SA or NA with a kid in a school will react negatively if the sb tells them we are bussing poors/low test scores to their kid’s school. Poors/low test scores have a propensity to damage the learning environment. And at a certain percentage, the school is academically destroyed.

Dude, what part of "I'm from SA" don't you get? My school is among the poorest. It couldn't even be made poorer than it is now. You're imagining yourself as some sort of victim, and that your naked classism and fear of other people not like you isn't the detestable thing it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would the Hispanics in South Arlington support BLM? You Ds are so fricking confusing.

Few in south Arlington care much about this. It’s a Distraction.

It *is* no big deal. Except to the white supremacists. And SA whiners.

It’s costing a lot of money, and the county is strapped. Find a cheaper way to virtue signal.

Arlington is too cash-strapped to get rid of a Confederate name? Really?

Nope. It’s not. Plus, getting rid of a bunch of bus routes should cover it.

Exactly. Keep those schools walkable and segregated. Good stuff.

Huh, TIL having schools be walkable is segregation with whiffs of white supremacy. Fascinating!

Not only that, did you know that most North Arlington neighborhoods had racial covenants (until they were outlawed) that ensured local neighborhoods and schools would remain segregated? Or did you think it was just a coincidence that NA looks like it does? Yes, walkable schools are appealing to everyone but there's no denying that in Arlington County that demand also leverages a history of racist exclusion in North Arlington and one of concentrated poverty in South Arlington.

Cool. Do you want poors with low test scores in your kid’s school? Didnt think so.

Yes, I do. And because I believe in integration, that means not only do I want a mix of kids them in my south Arlington elementary, I also want a mix in your north Arlington elementary.

I want a mix at my kids’ schools too. And I want walkable/short bus. They are NOT mutually exclusive. We are fortunate to have both.

Most parents prioritized proximity.

I'm curious which elementary you think is well integrated.

Long Branch.

FARM % is approx same as county-wide FARM %

I'm happy for you, but you're the exception. Except for the fortunate few, it's very hard to get access to a school with a student body that resembles the county at large, and isn't dominated either by wealth or poverty. You either must be able to afford a million dollar fixer upper in Lyon Village or win the AH lottery and get placed in a luxury high rise.

It's also pure luck that the handful of neighborhood schools like Long Branch (Oakridge and Henry, Ashlawn) are as integrated as they are. It takes commitment to keep a school integrated and I see no evidence of that from the SB or CB.

Not much of an exception. Most parents we know here as well as Key and ASFS all value diversity and walkability. They aren’t mutually exclusive preferences.

There are more than 20 elementary schools and of those perhaps 4 are neighborhood schools that approximate to county average in terms of farms rate, or could otherwise be called diverse in a meaningful sense...the widespread desire for diversity I don't doubt; it's the access to it that is constrained. And it often falls by the wayside when people think about "quality" or their property values.

If you don't lottery into a AH unit on the orange line, or lottery into an option school, you'd better have a cool million to spend on a house. Not to pry, but it sounds like you do live in such a home. So again, good for you, but your experience is exceptional.

I’m not taking about the experience, but the preference. Like you said, it’s not the case for the majority of the schools, but I wouldn’t assume just because someone isn’t at a walkable school or a diverse school that they don’t value those things.