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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will find ASFS is one of the most diverse elementary schools in Arlington.  It has sizable  populations black and asian populations (but very few hispanic b/c of the obvious draw of key school which shares its boundary).

http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/11/civilrights/Memo-Supt-10-31-13.pdf

Diversity is important, b/c it defines the comfort level and interaction that kids will grow up with.[b] If they only see one race or ethnicity, they will tend to self segregate later in life.[/b]

And since OP is a minority, this is even greater issue to not feel out of place.

Ashlawn, Long Branch, and Henry might offer similar diversity, but you should consider which middle school you want the school to feed into.  We've heard great things about Ashlawn and Long Branch personally.[/quote]

I think that's your intuition, not supported by the facts. Unless you wish to correct me with citations to empirical data?

Our experience in a "diverse" school wasn't a particularly positive one. If anything, my white children came away forming bad ideas about how people with "dark skin" behaved. It was alarming to hear this as a parent. In fact, the "diversity" really became a bit more of a distraction than a positive.

Now, that may have been due more to economic disparity. These kids with "dark skin" also lived in housing projects and were exposed to unsavory elements there that they brought with them to school. Later we did enroll dc in a school with diversity of skin color but more homogeneity in incomes, and the outcomes were better.

That said, the kids still eventually self-segregated at lunch, etc.[/quote]

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