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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not diverse, but that obviously appeals to many people in Arlington.[/quote]

PP, I'm sorry you got priced out of Discovery (or Arlington), but there's no need to lash out. I don't think most people seek diversity in schools in the first place -- it's just not a major criterion. I'm sure you feel smug in suggesting that a lack of diversity "appeals to many people in Arlington" but you're just being offensive. I mean, you wouldn't say the lack of diversity schools in SE DC "appeal to people in Anacostia" would you?

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There are plenty of people in Arlington who deliberately seek out diversity in schools. It's why some people (even whites) choose to buy in the W-L district instead of Yorktown. It's why some people even choose to live in S. Arlington. (Gasp!)[/quote]

Of course there is a distinction between schools like this and schools in SE DC.  One group has the economic means to buy into a "better" school district and others don't.  It's called income inequality.[/quote]

The issue is "diversity." A school in North Arlington such as Discovery is equally as homogeneous as a school in SE DC. Yet no one criticizes the SE DC school for a lack of diversity or claim people somehow choose it because it lacks diversity.[/quote]

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