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I don't believe all the schools have to have the same FRL% or all have to be at least "x"%.  I just believe the disparities should be minimized and we should not have any schools over 60% when there are schools at less than 3%.  40% is the tipping point at which parents are less willing to send their kids, and also the tipping point for academics.  30% is the proportion for Arlington student-body systemwide; so while it that should be an idealistic goal stated to shoot for in our policies, it isn't mandatory for every school to achieve that level. [/quote]

NP. Sit down with a boundary tool and find a solution that gets the schools in 22207 upwards of 15%.  We'll wait.  If not, [b]it's disingenuous to tell the rest of the county to shuffle around while they stay rich, white enclave[/b]s.  "Hey, families at Glebe or Fleet, it's all good if we bus you further so that more schools are diverse.  My snowflakes will stay at their 2% FARMS walkable school but we can all feel better that schools are more diverse".

People have played with this for a decade.  Without true full bussing you can't make it happen.  Personally, I'm actually opposed to forced bussing, but the point stands that simple redistricting won't work.[/quote]

But it's ok to keep several schools with high- to extremely high FRL% while the others continue to stay a comfortable 15% and even richer white enclaves. Got it.[/quote]

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