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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably some $$ to be saved by getting rid of H-B and converting it to a regular school.[/quote]

Before that they should get rid of ATS and immersion which inequitably give people an escape from neighborhood schools they don’t want to attend.[/quote]

As opposed to the neighborhood boundary system that <strike> inequitably gives people an escape from neighborhood schools they don’t want to attend</strike> lets wealthy people pay $1.5 million for a tiny 1940s colonial on a street that lets them attend a 95% white elementary with high test scores.  [/quote]

You don’t get to dictate housing costs and who gets to buy them. That’s not how this works. [/quote]

I'm not dictating anything, I'm just pointing out that its ridiculous to make an equity argument about choice schools, or complain at all about choice schools, when half the people in Arlington just buy their way into whichever school they want and then fight like hell about boundaries or any changes to the neighborhood school system [/quote]

That’s the way the world works, sweetie. Not just Arlington. People are willing to pay more for good public school system. Why do you think that tiny colonial is worth so much?[/quote]

The public school system is Arlington Public Schools. People aren't paying more for the [u]school system[/u]. Why do YOU think that tiny colonial is worth so much? What makes a particular school "good"? [/quote]

What makes a school/school system good?

Students coming in prepared for school. Contrary to what people claim, lack of time or money doesn’t prohibit a child from being prepared. Low-income Asians have proven this.

Involved parents.

I don’t want to send my kid to a school where kids aren’t prepared and parents don’t care.[/quote]

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