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Don't fight &quot;weird&quot; boundaries.
Don't insist on &quot;contiguity&quot; and no &quot;islands&quot; and &quot;alignment&quot;
Advocate for 30% seat set-asides for ED in all choice programs.
Push the CB and APAH and their colleagues for family unit CAFs north of Ballston, not just senior and studio CAFs.
Hard core push for a lot of multi-family CAFs along Lee Highway.
Strongly support geographical distribution and speak out loudly against more CAFs along Columbia Pike, especially the West End - neighborhoods where the neighborhood school FRL rates are already 50% and above.
Lobby the CB on housing; but acknowledge there are things a school system can do to mitigate impacts of existing housing and support those things regardless of how many buses it requires:  Cambridge models for admissions, for example.
Start pushing some candidates from north Arlington who will push these things both on SB and CB.
Stop going along with the SB line that all Arlington schools are great and start insisting that they be EQUALLY great - and that that requires economically diverse student bodies.
Insist that APS and the community provide those wraparound services and programs they have at Carlin Springs to justify segregation at ALL schools so ALL students in need of them can get them easily regardless of where they live.
Stop calling SA parents who do these things racist, NIMBY, or just stupid or for not knowing what they were buying into or naive that they thought they could make a difference.
Stop telling SA parents who do these things to &quot;just move&quot; or &quot;choice out.&quot;
Drew will have a lot of empty space next year - get a slew of NA families to transfer their kids into Drew.
STOP the CB from pushing MORE affordable housing in the new &quot;Opportunity Zones&quot; that are probably meant more for economic development; but APAH et al already have their sights on.
STOP the CB from using the Amazon &quot;agreement&quot; to focus all the AH in Crystal City, Pentagon City, &quot;AND COLUMBIA PIKE.&quot;  Oakridge could sustain more; but FAMILY sized AH (your Arington Mills, Columbia Hills-es, and Gilliam Places) need to go NORTH - perfect opportunity to distribute AH in Arlington and start creating it on Lee Hwy.

And remember, the question was what North Arlington could do/should have done - not what some individuals in north arlington could do.  NORTH ARLINGTON needs to be a voice for all these things.
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