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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No One is ignoring that acps is mostly serving underprivileged/under performing students. It’s widely known and accepted. It has been that way for decades and isn’t worthy of note. [/quote]

And soon it will be true of south Arlington as well.[/quote]

What has changed in south Arlington?[/quote]

Bifurcation. Housing prices have gone way up. Way up. And at the same time, more and more CAFs. Thus what you get are very wealthy who can afford a SFH, and the very poor who can only afford to live here through large subsidies.

The wealthy also can afford to send their kids to private instead of a public school in which 6 or 7 kids out of 10 don’t speak English and live in poverty. It’s not that these parents are “racist” it’s that they know in a classroom situation like that is triage and the teachers are going to put most of their time and effort to the kids that need the most help. And that’s not the kid living in a 850k reno, and TBH shouldn’t be. And when the rich kids bail, the imbalance gets worse, and the worse the imbalance is, the more it repels UMC and MC families who would consider a 40 or 50 percent FRL school but not a 70 or 80 percent one.[/quote]

Ah yes. That.
- former south Arlington homeowner[/quote]

We're not in love with the idea of a school that has such a huge imbalance. We're not ready to give up our easy commutes, which mean we get to spend more time with our kids, and hopefully, will allow for some involvement at school. We found a few privates we could afford, but since we are staunch atheists parochial school is out and the other schools we like would add so much to our commute what we'll try public first, starting with the choice options. Either way, we don't plan to move. 
- current SA home owner[/quote]
Did you get a choice spot? That’s getting harder.[/quote]

We tried for Montessori PK-4 - waitlisted and holding at #14. Every time I see these threads, I end up researching private schools. At this rate, we need a residents of SA support group. I love living here, but I can't stop worrying about schools because the things that saved me from my crappy public in the 90s is not an option, even if we make decent money because everything is so expensive.[/quote]

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