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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?[/quote]

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...[/quote]

No elementary schools in the City of Alexandria or Arlington County are majority Asian.  There are four ES in Fairfax County that are majority Asian - Floris, Greenbriar West, McNair and Powell.  [b]The Asian-American students [/b]at those schools are mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian.  Not many Japanese live in NoVa.  There are a lot of Vietnamese, but they mostly live further east, in schools that are majority or plurality Hispanic like Crestwood in Springfield.

Not sure about Loudoun.  There might be a few majority-Asian ES there as well; if so, the students also likely would be mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian.

The main issue that seems to come up from time to time is that, at a school like GBW that has an AAP center, some non-Asian students in the General Education classes feel like second-class citizens, or at least their parents do.  I do think it has led to some white flight to parts of Loudoun where the AAP/Gen Ed divide isn't as big an issue.    [/quote]

why do you say Asian-American? That's just an assumption. [/quote]

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