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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please stop blaming Henry for the concentration of poverty in S Arlington. This is exactly what N Arlington wants.  Fleet is not going to take N Arlington PUs and the PUs south of the Pike are not all expensive homes. Some are apartments, some are condos, some are duplexes, and many of the single family homes are rentals.  Yes there are some MC homes with kids but let’s not pretend it’s all lily white and UMC SFHs with kids. The area is very diverse economically and it has its share of FARMS and homelessness. Henry did not pull the ladder up. It just wants to keep its school.

It’s the entire counties job to balance diversity that is where the blame lies. A handful of MC kids will not balance a 90% plus poverty rate at Drew. [/quote]

I tried to point some of this out earlier also, as someone who actually lives in that neighborhood. It’s strange that we are suddenly THE thing that is going to take Drew out of high FARMs. I don’t get it, to be honest.[/quote]

I live in the neighborhood too. I'm afraid it's a function of geography. You are THE thing to help Drew because it's really the only option. And it's not perfect and doesn't "fix" Drew. I understand the value of a school community, it's just that there are other values in play here and trade-offs have to be made. Equity is equity, for HS or MS or ES. [/quote]

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