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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Matthew was on the news this afternoon!
Great job. 
If you haven't taken the time to sign the petition, please do so. We've got some great momentum going.
Let's keep it up![/quote]

Or, if you object to diversity, do come to meetings and say that publicly.[/quote]

False dichotomy.  You are not against diversity if you don't want to lose the right to send your kids to neighborhood schools or see them bused to another part of the county when they should be able to attend a school closer to home.[/quote]

Sorry. We are a tiny county. You didn't get a school promised to you when you signed the deed to your house. The only thing that should be happening is equal quality and opportunities for all APS students. 
They need to draw lines vertically. It's the only way to get a mix. [/quote]

They can do that once they build a high school that's actually in the eastern part of the county. Until then, put a lid on it.[/quote]

No need. It's golf courses and cemetery. The three current schools can be redrawn very nicely. [/quote]

Yep, vertical boundaries and bussin are the only thing that is going to create equity. And if people don't want busing, then they better W-L and Wakefield parents should ban together and push hard that all three schools have equal FARMs rates even if that means that Yorktown gets and island again.

It drives me nuts when people start whining about busing and the horror of their kid having to make a 20/30 minute commute to school.  Some of these kids no doubt commute much longer for extra curricular activities and it somehow isn't harming them.  [/quote]

Reid Goldstein said at a SB meeting that he was not persuaded by the need for "contiguity" and that he had no issue with islands. I think islands are the obvious solution. There are plenty of neighborhoods in Arlington where kids are already riding a bus to school. Bus them a couple miles more to another school.[/quote]

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