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Choice schools are often the only way middle class families in south Arlington have any shot at attending a diverse school. But yes, let's all shout white flight at them. Good job![/quote]

How are the neighborhood schools in S Arlington not diverse?[/quote]

Really? A school that is almost entirely immigrant and poor isn't diverse.[/quote]

They would be more "diverse" if white/affluent people stopped sending their kids to Choice schools and invested in Neighborhood schools. If APS ended Choice, we would likely see a huge turnaround at some of the schools that have struggled.[/quote]

Keep dreaming buttercup, or read a map sometime. The struggling elementaries of south Arlington have 1000's of units of low income housing zoned to them. There is no way to achieve any sort of parity, there simply aren't enough sfh's and even if there were, it's statistically improbable that each home would have elementary aged kids. [/quote]

Sorry, Buttercup. Get your facts straight. From the 2015/16 transfer report. 346 kids transferred out of Carlin Springs (population around 500). 168 out of Randolph (school is just over 400). The majority of kids who transfer are not "economically disadvantaged" according to the report. Hundreds of kids not transferring out would make a huge difference.

Here is a link to the data.
https://www.apsva.us/statistics/pupil-transfer-report/[/quote]

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