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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is an Arlington County problem, not a N/S problem.  Route 50 isn't a wall of some sort.  Its disgusting that people continue to perpetuate this idea that it is only S Arlington and the S Arlington UMC's problem to solve.[/quote]

Except that the problem has absolutely nothing to do with NA. why should parents at taylor, for instance, care whether kids at hoffman boston can read? I dont really care. Do you? [/quote]

It has a LOT to do with north Arlington:
NA's pushback against significant affordable housing in or near their neighborhoods.
NA's pushback on any efforts at boundaries that even slightly move the needle toward more balanced demographics across schools.
NA's persistent argument that SA parents need to speak up and demand more.
NA's persistent commentaries that you get what you pay for.
NA's persistent "advice" to move to NA if you want a better school.
NA parents who specifically bought, buy, and will buy only in NA to avoid SA.
NA parents rallying around a north arlington school cheated out of $80K but who don't rally around SA schools whose PTA budgets for 5 or more years cumulatively don't add up to the earnings of one NA school fundraiser.
NA not giving a crap that kids at hoffman boston can't read.
NA's attitude that as long as their kids are getting what they want them to have, nothing else matters - until what they have is somehow even slightly threatened.
NA's constant put-downs about SA schools.
NA parents who don't even know the ELL stats in schools and think Randolph's student body has only 22%

Why should people at Taylor care about Hoffman Boston?  Because they live in Arlington; it's Arlington Public Schools; the reputation of APS affects them, too; it's the right thing to do; they'll need people to be able to read their adds for housekeepers and nannies they want to hire; because they have contributed to the perpetuation of the problem; and their "not my problem" perspective prohibits solutions to the problem.

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Sorry, still not my problem. It becomes my problem. Whether or not the kids at Randolph can count is not even a blip on my radar screen. I do get concerned when people propose things that will lead to the kids at Taylor not being able to count. I know you must think Im terrible, but Im fine with it. [/quote]

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