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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One theory - completely unfounded - is that they did it to fold in some generals' kids from Ft Myer.

The diversity argument is a decent one, except that most of the people living in the high-priced apartments in Rosslyn/Courthouse are white too.

There's also a pocket of South Arlington homes that feed into Washington-Lee, despite being closer to Wakefield.  I think that's a diversity play.[/quote]

Ha! They now get the 3-8 million Turnberry tower condos, the  3 million elevator townhomes behind Iwo Jima... Kind of backfired.  [/quote]

People who live in those condos and townhouses aren't likely to have kids or send any kids they have to APS.

OTOH, low-income families who live in the remaining garden apartments in the Rosslyn area are. [/quote]

Well--- the families in the 2million+ homes in my neighborhood do send their kids to public.  My daughter's best friend (from our elem) lives in those elevator townhomes in Rosslyn.  It is one of the best pyramids 'Science Focus-WMS-Yorktown'.[/quote]

There aren't many $2 million properties in Arlington to begin with, so an anecdote doesn 't make the generalization wrong.[/quote]

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