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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I am not able to perceive the reality of it. I had to look up the free and reduced meals percentage where we come from is around 8%. 
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There is a lot of poverty in South Arlington.[/quote]

Yes, pentagon city and crystal city are middle/upper middle class, but a lot of people in the low rise apartment buildings in 22204 got absolutely crushed by Covid. Many of them are recent immigrants and work in people facing jobs and shared household type situations. So the Covid spread in 22204 has been absolutely tragic on top of all of the lost work. Maybe of the people are not here legally and therefore cannot get benefits besides free school and healthcare. I am connected with a women in one apartment complex who was collecting staples like toothpaste, soap, diapers, wipes and Tp for 125 families just in her complex. This is not just one complex, but very common in 22204. It’s very, very sad. Anyway, how this results to schools is that the schools are more worried about feeding and clothing many of the students than they are about teaching.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-data-insights/covid-19-case-and-testing-data-by-zip-code/

22204 has 3630 cases so far and 22205 has 572. There is a huge divide between North and South Arlington. 
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