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Choice schools are often the only way middle class families in south Arlington have any shot at attending a diverse school. But yes, let's all shout white flight at them. Good job![/quote]

How are the neighborhood schools in S Arlington not diverse?[/quote]

Really? A school that is almost entirely immigrant and poor isn't diverse.[/quote]

They would be more "diverse" if white/affluent people stopped sending their kids to Choice schools and invested in Neighborhood schools. If APS ended Choice, we would likely see a huge turnaround at some of the schools that have struggled.[/quote]

No, this is often said, but simply not true.
There are not that many affluent kids, compared to the masses of poor/recent immigrant kids, even if nobody would choice out, and nobody would go to private.   As has been said many times before, it is housing policy that shapes the schools.
Arlington simply cannot afford all that affordable housing, and density, apparently, if they can't provide the seats, and the quality.
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