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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a fifth grader who has gone to Ashlawn since K, and we've never had more than passing interactions with the previous or current principal. Not a knock on them - just haven't had any need. With one exception, the teachers have been excellent.

I'm not an educator, but [b]I'd imagine that Ashlawn is particularly challenging because it is a very, very socioeconomically diverse school.[/b] From families in $2 million McMansions to foreign service families that are only here for a few years to families in the apartments on the western edge of Arlington whose electricity gets turned off and can't afford food. I can't even imagine how you balance all those different needs. [/quote]

I'm sure Ashlawn is a lovely school, but it is not unique in APS in having a lot of socioeconomic diversity. Many APS elementary schools other than the single digit FARMS in the north and the handful of very high FARMS schools are like this (Fleet, Glebe, Claremont, Innovation, Science Focus, ATS, Long Branch, Oakridge, Key, etc). [/quote]

Agreed, I would say this is the majority of the schools in APS, and this demographic trend will increase (but maybe not for the schools way up in the north).  [/quote]

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