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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the issue?  APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

[b] Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.[/b]

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

[b]Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect,[/b] create, and innovate[/b]

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Here's the issue.  They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them.  "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."[/quote]

No one is being separated by race or gender. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)? [/quote]

DP.  I think that if the county has an Affordable Housing strategy, then the burden of density should be spread throughout the County.  This doesn’t mean the numbers at all the neighborhoods and schools have to even out, but the County shouldn’t be creating high-poverty schools and neighborhoods and leaving other places totally out it.  If you’re voting for Democrats in Arlington, presumably you support the AH strategy so you should be fine with it in your schools and neighborhoods.

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Affordable housing is already available — outside of the beltway. Why should we have to subsidize others so they can live close in?[/quote]

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