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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Option #3 is best to more closely align the demographics at W-L and Wakefield.  [/quote]

They are all pretty much the same in that respect.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but the difference between 45 and 48 percent is insignificant. You are not "improving" demographics by selecting 45% instead of 47 or 48. A real change in demographics would require a drop of around 10 percent to get the FARMS number down to 1/3. As housing prices rise this could happen naturally over time however the frequent addition of low cost housing within the Wakefield district perpetuates and exacerbates these numbers. [/quote]

Well said.[/quote]

No, what you're doing by bringing it down by a few percentage points rather than up is recognizing that the housing that is already under construction, and that which is planned, will cause that number up to go up in the future so why not try to bring it down now in anticipation so that you can keep it under 50%. I don't understand your logic. Because this move doesn't solve all problems and do all things, it should do nothing? Every boundary decision should be inching us closer to schools that more closely reflect the diversity of all of Arlington. Also, option 3 affects the fewest number of low income students. That's the best move as far as I'm concerned because it maintains stability for those families. You want your convenience and stability maintained, but you want it on the backs of others who have less political capital and who have less of everything. Just recognize that. Your convenience comes at a price, one that others will pay.

But if you want to argue about this after last Tuesday and show up in your orange shirts, you go right ahead. You already look like total assholes, so I guess you can't look any worse. [/quote]

Don't wag your self-righteous finger at me - I wasn't wearing an orange t-shirt. I understand both sides of the argument and honestly think my kids would be fine at either school. I'm just tired of flawed logic, faulty data, and holier-than-thou vitriol from people who would say one thing but then do another if the tables were turned. The main goal of this activity is to move students out of W-L to relieve overcrowding. In addition to not substantially altering the demographics, the option 3 actually moves the smallest number of kids out of W-L.

If Arlington really wanted to balance the school's they would have stated that as a higher priority than one of an allegedly evenly weighted six, and put EVERYTHING, all planning units on the table with a stated goal of reducing FARMS to no more than 33% at each school which may require drastic boundary changes to achieve it. Oh, and provide data as to why this is a new policy for APS. Oh, and maybe it should also make that the policy in ALL the schools -- elementary and middle also. It's patently unfair for a narrow slice of families & kids to bear the brunt of the county's guilt on this issue.[/quote]

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