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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But there's a lot of data to support the idea that if your kid is smart enough to do well on the standardized tests, they'd likely do so at any of the schools in Arlington. If they've grown up in a stable household and started reading at any early age, the school itself wouldn't dramatically shift the arc of their scores.

Some folks say "Yorktown & Wakefield" as if Yorktown is the equivalent of TJ or Walt Whitman, and Wakefield is some violent inner-city school where half the senior class is flunking out. A lot of extremes on both sides, and I agree with a previous poster: this discussion doesn't really reflect the Arlington I live every day.[/quote]

But there is research that says once the FARMS rate hits a certain point (something like 65 -70%), all children in the school are effected.

For anecdotal evidence, you could look at TC Williams in Alexandria.  The SAT scores for white students are lower then for students at Wakefield, a school with a similar demographic.  The kids from TC have likely gone through years of public school in Alexandria in schools with high FARMS rates. [/quote]

It’s worse than that. 
The data says above 45%

So any time we are having a school in this county that is over that thresh hold, especially when the overall county rate is in the 30’s, is a failure of the school board, the county board, and we as Arlingtonians. 
We have all failed. This boundary process was a failure. This process made very clear to me what the real priorities of the county are. They are not inclusive, and they are not liberal. [/quote]

So where do your kids currently go, and where do you think they should be bused to achieve this?[/quote]

Hoffman Boston. We live our ideals. [/quote]

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