Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity

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Anonymous wrote:All this is going to turn Arlington's government far right...the white people are going to hit a point where they're going to start running "independents" who will make Vihstadt look like Bernie Sanders.

No way. Arlington is deeply entrenched blue. There is an Arlington way, and it's not going to change.

The Arlington Way" does not mean much more than that people are liberal on national issues, conservative on local issues, and traditionally willing to entrust major decisions to a small group of insiders who purport to solicit community input, but look out for themselves and exacerbate the traditional disparities between North and South Arlington. Insofar as it relates to calls for major changes in APS zoning to promote "equity," that will translate into lots of talk and no action.

I think people in power are not taking a few things into consideration...

1) middle class migration to south Arlington
2) worsening commutes

Referring to past trends just isn't going to help. I don't think people are going to decamp for Fairfax, and the middle class numbers in the south are going to continue to swell. Those newer homeowners aren't going to accept the status quo. They will expect more in return for their tax dollars.
This won't be next year, but 10-15 years.

They should be looking to address overcrowding and demographics equally. They are playing with a powder keg if they don't. I hope this was a wake up call. They seemed utterly caught off guard. This isn't going to go away for them, in fact it's only going to get worse.