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APS could draw boundaries differently so that there wasn't so much rental housing concentrated into certain schools. It is hard on kids when their friends leave after a year every single year, or every other year. It's hard to get parents involved when, in addition to language and transportation barriers, they aren't necessarily going to live in the neighborhood or even the county long-term. Its hard for the school to "balance" classes when they don't know the strengths and weaknesses of half the kids who are going to show up each year.

Having trouble setting up playdates is a symptom, not a root cause. The school system needs to address the root cause, which is having segregated schools--including segregation by housing type, not just by race and socioeconomic status, although there are correlations among all those things in Arlington. [/quote]

I think you are using rental housing as a (fair) proxy for a more transient population than home ownership.  
One of the great things about AH is that it addresses this problem.  If you are in a CAF you are much less likely to move than if you are in a market affordable unit.  [/quote]

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