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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Or, you know, it was really outside of the scope of this boundary adjustment and the fuller discussion will happen when there's a fourth high school.[/quote]

Right, because the populations can shift suddenly and dramatically so there's no point in worrying about FRL stats at all right now, but we can absolutely count on fixing the problem that is not a problem at some point in the future, based on projections and plans based on nothing, and we can be confident because everything has gone so well up 'til now. [/quote]

Except, this demand for busing is a minority viewpoint in the county (no pun intended). There's not exactly a groundswell of support for it. And, again, this was a boundary ADJUSTMENT, not a comprehensive redo.[/quote]

Exactly.

And many of the people climbing on board this silly bandwagon would likely stop in their tracks once they realize that the demographic alignment they are pretending is needed likely would need to start in elementary school, and not just when it was time to head off to Wakefield.[/quote]

Speak for yourself. My south Arlington neighbors are ready for a complete overhaul. This isn't working for us. [/quote]

Shorter you: You convinced yourself to buy into South Arlington, probably even thought the diversity would be cool! I bet you felt pretty smug, paying $200,000 less than those racists in North Arlington. And, then, you came face to face with reality when your kid entered schools. And so now, since things didn't really gentrify as you hoped, and diversity isn't really all it's cracked up to be, you want North Arlington to pay for your mistake.

Right?

Look, when you bought in South Arlington, things were exactly the same as they are now. You don't get to buy into that and then demand a change because you got smacked over the head with reality.[/quote]

NP here.  Of course you can advocate for change (I'm not sure any of us can demand anything.)  South Arlington parents are absolutely entitled to work hard to improve the quality of their schools, and this includes lobbying the School Board.  This is how communities improve their schools, and it is happening now in South Arlington.  Parents in South Arlington are no less entitled to lobby the School Board than their neighbors in North Arlington (who have the process down to a fine art).  They do not give up that right just because they buy a house south of Route 50.  [/quote]

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