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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is completely inequitable to move ATS to far NW Arlington. It needs to be central. There’s only one. If you move it to the wealthiest enclaves then those will be the only families who can make the trek across the county. You will lose all/most lower income families. I sure hope APS is not that clueless.  [/quote]

Good. Move it and make it look like the inadequate enclave within a segregated school system that it is. And, make it an even more inconvenient escape valve for UMC South Arlington parents. Option schools are a complete sop to those latter parents designed only to quiet down what would otherwise be loud and widespread outrage over the egregious economic segregation in Arlington schools. [/quote]

What you say is not entirely off base but at the same time, it’s also true that the option schools are the most diverse and integrated schools in the system. It cuts both ways. Getting rid of them would not help the cause of racial and economic integration in APS. Quite the opposite. [/quote]

I disagree. I think that getting rid of them and making APS look even more segregated than it already is would help integration. Currently, to the extent people in the northern parts of the county are even aware that schools that are 2/3 low income are relatively commonplace in the south, they can at least point to diamonds in the rough like ATS, Claremont, Key, with their Goldilocks diversity. I want that "well but" to be taken away, because the fact of the matter is, having one or two integrated schools does jack sh*t for the students who don't hit the lottery. Right now, we're apparently comfortable with that outcome for large swaths of the county, as long as some students have the ability to go option. I don't find that to be acceptable.

And, if I'm wrong and in fact we just become more segregated, then fine. Let's all live with the fact that many, many people in this county choose their homes in order to be able to send their kids to overwhelmingly white schools at least one of which is less than 1% low income. But tell me again how I need to vote blue wave.[/quote]

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