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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On a day where the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond finally came down, perhaps it’s not too much to hope that one day Langley - named after the Lee family’s ancestral estate - will also be desegregated.

Worth noting that Langley is not the least-diverse (sorry, most segregated!) FCPS high school.

Wow. This is a long thread! But this comment intrigued me - which FCPS HS is less diverse than Langley? And please don't say TJ, as the School Board has taken steps to address that.

Every high school is diverse.

Madison--62.71 White non hispanic, hispanic 12.6, Black 1.86, Asian 14,73, other 8.11

Langley--59.57 White non hispanic, hispanic 6.18, Black 1.66, Asian 25.21, other 7.38

When people say "not diverse enough", they don't mean that there aren't people of all major recognized racial groups. It is simply code for "too many white people".

So, Madison is whiter than Langley and therefore a problem too.

PP who asked question back - thank you! I see what you mean. I guess because the Asian community is very high achieving generally nobody counts them as a minority. A very complicated way to discuss inclusion.

[Anonymous]

Compared to anywhere outside NOVA, all of the schools in Fairfax are diverse.

[Anonymous]

A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Compared to anywhere outside NOVA, all of the schools in Fairfax are diverse.

You need to get out more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

DP--I asked this earlier. Which is more important? Diversity or instruction in our schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

DP--I asked this earlier. Which is more important? Diversity or instruction in our schools?

Why do you ask that as an either/or question?

[Anonymous]

Why do you ask that as an either/or question?

Because instruction seems to be ignored on our School Board---and, for that matter, on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

DP--I asked this earlier. Which is more important? Diversity or instruction in our schools?

Why do you ask that as an either/or question?

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

[Anonymous]

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

[Anonymous]

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DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

You don't want to go down that road. If you removed those kids from Langley's student population, the demographics would be . . . almost exactly the same. If you look at Forestville (the ES boundary most often brought into the debate), it is actually slightly less White/Asian than Langley as a whole.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.

No. It is a valid question. Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools. They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.

That would seem to be an issue addressed by school funding, not by moving kids around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A school like Langley with 2% FARMS in a county that is over 30% FARMS isn't economically diverse, nor is one that is less than 10% Black and Hispanic racially diverse.

You are cherry-picking numbers (and metrics to measure).

A school that is an an upper middle class (and above) area that is primarily White/Asian will inevitably have an upper middle class and primarily White/Asian student profile. We can argue about diversity all day, but the bigger picture is important.

Please don't start with the "it has to be this way" nonsense again. There are kids traveling over 14 miles to that school.

DP. You seem quite able to start up with your own nonsense - over and over and over again. You're like a broken record.