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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington should be ashamed of itself. [/quote]

I may have misunderstood, but I’m pretty sure I heard advocates for low income parents saying it was better to concentrate kids needing services at certain schools because it’s easier to provide them at central locations.  I don’t agree that the schools should be so wildly disparate, but I’m certain I have heard that opinion expressed.[/quote]

You're (mostly) mistaken. Advocates for affordable housing make that argument. The County Board makes that argument. Parents at wealthy schools make that argument. APS has just never had the guts to oppose the loud  wealthy communities opposing boundary changes or other efforts to "share the wealth" - or "share the poverty," depending on your perspective. A few actually from the low-income communities sometimes pushback as well, primarily when APS suggests their community will be all broken-up and bused across the county under boundary changes.[/quote]

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