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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SB is going to raise the fr/l numbers at Kenmore for sure, Jefferson possibly. They did it with the high school boundary process, they will do it here too (at the last minute with maps no one has seen too). The SB will take the northern edge of Kenmore and send to Swanson. They may even take Buckingham and move to Kenmore. Moving all the poorer kids to the smallest number of schools is in their best interest: keeps the rest of the county happy and they don't have to worry about the lower income community speaking up (or speaking up enough). Unless someone is planning to file a lawsuit or report this to the feds (who now don't care) the SB does not have to worry about being sued for intentional segregation. And, they have a champion in this plan with Talento - she is already on the record saying that Latino families want to go to school with other Latino families.

So, the diversity option is just lip service, don't even waste your time worrying about it.

And if you think your snowflake in these high poverty schools is getting as good an education as they would in a wealthy north arlington school, talk to parents who have moved north. I am one of those parents. We moved from Kenmore zone to Swanson when my daughter was in 7th grade. OMG, it is like being in an entirely different county. School administration, time in the class devoted to disruption, cleanliness and just niceness of classrooms and school, attitude of peer groups, PTA resources and parent participation. No comparison, at all.

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Probably right about what the SB will do. I'm never giving the party another cent in donations if they can't even represent our ideals at the local level. [/quote]
There has to be a wake up call at some point. There are logical consequences to the county's decisions about affordable housing. The families with students in the schools haven't been too involved but they'll be dealing with it. 
Also, "Williamsburg- land" will eventually see this head their way. So don't feel too smug up there. 
AH activists are looking to create duplexes and triplexes up there. Your farm's rates  won't likely  go up, but you are can expect extreme overcrowding in the next 10 years.
Why would a middle class family buy  a TH zoned to 50% farms TJ? They'll be cramming into your formly dark, leafy school zone. 
Consequences people.[/quote]

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