Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity

[Anonymous]

Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Too bad it isn't really true, but whatever. It's far more important to be woke than accurate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

[Anonymous]

To PP calling out racism: The deplorables will be vocal for the next 4. Brace yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To PP calling out racism: The deplorables will be vocal for the next 4. Brace yourself.

This thread is exhibit a. They are out and proud. Shocked they aren't using registered names.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To PP calling out racism: The deplorables will be vocal for the next 4. Brace yourself.

They already are. So? I'll call them out every time. Online and in real life, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article.

still waiting on those facts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article.

still waiting on those facts.

Yorktown is not the third least diverse high school "inside the Beltway."

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article.

still waiting on those facts.

Yorktown is not the third least diverse high school "inside the Beltway."

Why? Are there other schools in close-in Va less diverse? If so name them and their stats. That's how giving facts works.

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Anonymous wrote:Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.

Boom. Mic dropped.

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article.

I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies. It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors.

The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article.

still waiting on those facts.

Yorktown is not the third least diverse high school "inside the Beltway."

Why? Are there other schools in close-in Va less diverse? If so name them and their stats. That's how giving facts works.

George Mason in Falls Church is also less diverse than Yorktown - same percentage of whites (65%) and lower FARMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very confusing. There are dozens of posts on DCUM about how Wakefield is already a great school. So why is there this mass outcry about moving students there and increasing the FARMS rate at Wakefield by a percent or two? Does it mean that Wakefield actually isn't nearly as good as the South Arlington real estate boosters want people to believe, or is it just some Trump-induced frenzy in which the North Arlington people come to terms with the fact that they aren't remotely as liberal as they want others to think?

Because once again APS is solving its complex problems by dumping on Wakefield.