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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please stop blaming Henry for the concentration of poverty in S Arlington. This is exactly what N Arlington wants.  Fleet is not going to take N Arlington PUs and the PUs south of the Pike are not all expensive homes. Some are apartments, some are condos, some are duplexes, and many of the single family homes are rentals.  Yes there are some MC homes with kids but let’s not pretend it’s all lily white and UMC SFHs with kids. The area is very diverse economically and it has its share of FARMS and homelessness. Henry did not pull the ladder up. It just wants to keep its school.

It’s the entire counties job to balance diversity that is where the blame lies. A handful of MC kids will not balance a 90% plus poverty rate at Drew. [/quote]

I tried to point some of this out earlier also, as someone who actually lives in that neighborhood. It’s strange that we are suddenly THE thing that is going to take Drew out of high FARMs. I don’t get it, to be honest.[/quote]

I tried to do some rough, back of the envelope calculations, and making assumptions in favor of the Drew parents on this Board (e.g., that all ED kids would be replaced by non-ED kids), it seems like moving those south-of-Columbia Pike Henry PUs to Drew would decrease Drew's poverty rate by about 10-15 percent.

I agree with the Drew parents that pulling in Columbia Heights is wrong on many levels, but I agree with Henry parents that tearing apart a school community is not the way to "improve" Drew.  For example, when Montessori made its own PTA, they were assuming that Oakridge parents were coming to "save" Drew.  But, it's my understanding that Nauck CA has worked hard over the past 2 years to prevent that from happening.  [/quote]

Can you elaborate on the Nauck CA point and the Montessori PTA point? I've seen reference to at least the former a couple of times on this thread. I can see how the community would be resentful of some white-savior type motif, but Drew can't be filled with Nauck proper. It's too small. As to the PTA, currently the Montessori is running an entirely separate administration, including PTA, this year to prepare for the transition. I'm not sure why Oakridge is a more sensible zone to draw from than Henry, but also not sure why its relevant either way.[/quote]

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