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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holly Crap PP:

Watch the racism. I was a FARMS, speak (only) English, have a doctoral degree, run a company, AND have time to debate APS school policy.

And FARMS is a FEDERAL program, not state, not local. did you even go to college? Did you sleep through high school civics class?

Nation wide, there are far more white people on the dole than non english speakers of any color. But please, don't let facts get in the way of your blatant racism.

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Racism? I don't think I mentioned race, skin color, or anything at all like that. Race actually has absolutely nothing to do with it. This is a socioeconomic problem.

You can choose to ignore facts if you think that discussing statistics is racist, but that doesn't actually help solve any problems. The demographics of our country, and Arlington, are easily analyzed, and it's patently obvious that on average. FARMS kids are:

1) lower income (by definition)
2) more likely to be from households that don't speak English as a first language
3) are more likely to have parents who must work longer hours, in lower paying jobs

This isn't about being racist, it's about understanding how socioeconomic realities affect a school. It's foolish to pretend any of this is not true, and that these factors don't mean that schools with high concentrations of FARMS kids don't face challenges that schools without them do not, and that it won't affect the education of ALL the students assuming the same resources per child at all schools.

So I'm glad that you are an English speaking FARMS kid who did great. I am sure there are also non-FARMS kids who come from non-primarily-English speaking households. You are a single data point. You don't represent the average FARMS kid.
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