Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity

[Anonymous]

If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

[Anonymous]

I have a suggestion: all those in the higher SES schools who are upset about the lack of diversity should volunteer to send their kids to the poorer school. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

[Anonymous]

Busing is affected by traffic, and traffic in Arlington is so bad in part because we are the closest county to a major city. People are coming from the outer counties through our county to get to work, and buses get stuck in that. So it doesn't really mean anything to say, "oh, well some kids in Nebraska travel 20 miles to get to school." Good for them. Their parents chose to live in a small town that doesn't have its own schools, so the kids are bused to the nearest one. (and look at the parents on the thread about the buses to Oakton that are picking up kids an hour before school. They sound pretty p*ssed off.)

I'd be willing to send my kid cross-county to a school like TJ HS. I'm not especially willing to send my kid cross-county to Wakefield, especially when a better school (Yorktown) is practically in our backyard. Now if Wakefield was an awesome magnet program, that would change things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Busing is affected by traffic, and traffic in Arlington is so bad in part because we are the closest county to a major city. People are coming from the outer counties through our county to get to work, and buses get stuck in that. So it doesn't really mean anything to say, "oh, well some kids in Nebraska travel 20 miles to get to school." Good for them. Their parents chose to live in a small town that doesn't have its own schools, so the kids are bused to the nearest one. (and look at the parents on the thread about the buses to Oakton that are picking up kids an hour before school. They sound pretty p*ssed off.)

I'd be willing to send my kid cross-county to a school like TJ HS. I'm not especially willing to send my kid cross-county to Wakefield, especially when a better school (Yorktown) is practically in our backyard. Now if Wakefield was an awesome magnet program, that would change things.

Your kid likely wouldn't make the cut anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

I would say parents at Wakefield are very concerned about the level of education their children are receiving.

[Anonymous]

12:17 - LOL. Hope you didn't read through 20 pages of posts to post something so "helpful."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:17 - LOL. Hope you didn't read through 20 pages of posts to post something so "helpful."

lol I've been following this thread and listening to the excuses of entitled rich white people since the beginning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

Actually, a focus on "educational quality" would say to spread low income kids evenly among the schools. There is a tipping point where too many low income kids affect the quality of education provided by the schools. If no school in arlington goes above 30 percent low income kids, all the schools would perform well and provide a high quality of education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

Actually, a focus on "educational quality" would say to spread low income kids evenly among the schools. There is a tipping point where too many low income kids affect the quality of education provided by the schools. If no school in arlington goes above 30 percent low income kids, all the schools would perform well and provide a high quality of education.

If the students were evenly distributed today, you'd have three high schools each over 30% low-income and an open question as to how many higher-income families would leave APS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

Actually, a focus on "educational quality" would say to spread low income kids evenly among the schools. There is a tipping point where too many low income kids affect the quality of education provided by the schools. If no school in arlington goes above 30 percent low income kids, all the schools would perform well and provide a high quality of education.

If the students were evenly distributed today, you'd have three high schools each over 30% low-income and an open question as to how many higher-income families would leave APS.

Only to be replaced with new higher income people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider. And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

Actually, a focus on "educational quality" would say to spread low income kids evenly among the schools. There is a tipping point where too many low income kids affect the quality of education provided by the schools. If no school in arlington goes above 30 percent low income kids, all the schools would perform well and provide a high quality of education.

If the students were evenly distributed today, you'd have three high schools each over 30% low-income and an open question as to how many higher-income families would leave APS.

Only to be replaced with new higher income people.

Unlikely, which is why those in charge of the county's finances and schools have no interest.

[Anonymous]

^^ you have no idea what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ you have no idea what you are talking about.

^^Please cite the specific county and School Board proposals to realign the school demographics as you propose. I must have overlooked them in ParentVUE.