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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The basic curriculum is the same at all Arlington schools.  All the rest of this hand wringing is just polite cover for racism.  So sick of this.  [/quote]

I'm a middle class white person who has sent my kids to elementary and middle school in south Arlington, so I am walking the walk. But I also understand why people don't want to send their kids to an elementary school (if your family speaks English) where 80% of the kids come from homes that do not speak English or where 30-40% of the kids turn over from year to year, especially when three miles away there are elementary schools where 90% of the kids come from homes where both parents have graduate degrees, 90% of the kids live in stable homes that their parents own and will stay in for the entire school career, and the PTA can raise over a hundred thousand dollars a year and pour resources into that school. Some of us aren't arguing that south Arlington schools are bad--we're arguing that the overall system is bad because there are huge differences among schools that result from underlying residential segregation and use of a neighborhood school model, and that school board and county board policies are either perpetuating it or actively making it worse. I never say "south Arlington schools are bad, avoid them." I say "south Arlington schools are getting the short end of the stick, fix the whole thing." Don't be too quick to slap the "racism" label on everyone who raises the issue--some people are trying to find a solution, not just avoid a problem. [/quote]

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