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I don't believe all the schools have to have the same FRL% or all have to be at least "x"%.  I just believe the disparities should be minimized and we should not have any schools over 60% when there are schools at less than 3%.  40% is the tipping point at which parents are less willing to send their kids, and also the tipping point for academics.  30% is the proportion for Arlington student-body systemwide; so while it that should be an idealistic goal stated to shoot for in our policies, it isn't mandatory for every school to achieve that level. [/quote]

NP. Sit down with a boundary tool and find a solution that gets the schools in 22207 upwards of 15%.  We'll wait.  If not, it's disingenuous to tell the rest of the county to shuffle around while they stay rich, white enclaves.  "Hey, families at Glebe or Fleet, it's all good if we bus you further so that more schools are diverse.  My snowflakes will stay at their 2% FARMS walkable school but we can all feel better that schools are more diverse".

People have played with this for a decade.  Without true full bussing you can't make it happen.  Personally, I'm actually opposed to forced bussing, but the point stands that simple redistricting won't work.[/quote]

That's the compassionate attitude that will lead to success. All or nothing.  If they don't have to take more poor kids, I don't have take them either! 
I don't think anyone in this thread has really suggested that "simple redistricting" will give every school an equal FRL%.  In fact, it wasn't even posited that every school has to achieve the same %; and multiple suggestions were made, including ranked choice admissions.[/quote]

Any solution to level out the extremes would require extensive busing. Unfortunately, the lowest and highest SES populations are at opposite ends of the county. Ranked choice probably wouldn't help for ES because most people will just choose the closest schools to them. If people did choose all over the county then you have significantly fewer walkers and much longer bus rides. 
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