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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the issue?  APS is eliminating opportunity gaps and providing equitable access (even equitable access) :

https://www.apsva.us/arlington-public-schools-overview/

[b] Equity: Eliminate opportunity gaps and achieve excellence by providing access to schools, resources, and learning opportunities according to each student’s unique needs.[/b]

https://www.apsva.us/instruction/

[b]Our Mission: To ignite a passion for learning with equitable access and multiple pathways [b]where learners connect,[/b] create, and innovate[/b]

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Here's the issue.  They'll do anything but allow the children to "connect" with others at another school different from them.  "Separate but equitable" isn't anything different from "separate but equal."[/quote]
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No one is being separated by race or gender[/b]. The fact is, some areas have a high cost of living, and others less so. People live where they can afford.

I’d love a huge home in Georgetown, but can’t afford it. Are you saying that I should be entitled to housing there (as well as a fancy luxury car and funds for private school)? [/quote]

Not quite true.  First of all, the segregation and not interacting with each other doesn't refer to race.  It refers to economic status because our schools are segregated economically.  By default, therefore, they are largely separated by race because the economics correlate to race and school attendance zones are geographical.....[/quote]

SES is also linked to hard work. Academic outcomes are linked to parental involvement. Sorry, but there are other causes than those you’re mentioning.[/quote]

I don't see how your points are related to why there is segregation. Poor people work hard, too.  They just don't get paid for their thankless labors of cleaning your house and public toilets and serving your food and ringing up your purchases or doing your drycleaning or fixing your luxury SUV or taking care of the landscaping maintaining your home's curb appeal and resale value, or taking care of your children while you're working your higher paying job.

Nevertheless, SES is also linked to social networking and opportunities. Segregation perpetuates segregation and makes it exponentially more difficult to break generational poverty.  Schools aren't solely responsible for the solution; but they can play a big part in it.  As it is, geographically-based attendance zones in an economically segregated district (as Arlington is), perpetuates the problem rather than does something to help solve it.[/quote]

So many of these poor people realize that these jobs aren’t what they want for their children, so they work hard to break the cycle. If we look at the disadvantaged Asian community, we see this happening.

News flash: PTA funds for random field trips aren’t going to fix the problem. But, reading to your kids at home everyday (and working on math problems, generally caring about what’s going on in schools…) might.

You can step up and help your kids out, or you can keep wishing that things will get better by asking for charity. It’s up to you.[/quote]

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