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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the ASFS families are so concerned with diversity, I propose we bus Barcroft apts ( zoned Randolph and Barcroft) to ASFS. They will get the diversity they so cherish and those 2 schools will get a fighting chance to improve.
Win-win.[/quote]

Which kids will be displaced? Are those parents are ok with a long bus ride? 
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It's 3.6 miles away. 
Honestly I think anywhere the Farms rate is over 50% should be broken up. This is going to get me majorly flammed, but I think those extremely poor enclaves in south Arlington should be broken up and blocks of those complexes should be shipped to schools with a lower Farms rate. No, I don't think north Arlington families who pay the lions share of taxes should have to put their kids on a bus. They should get the walkable school they paid for. 
But it's not good to clump all that poverty together. Break it up. Let the affordable housing slush fund pay for shuttles for parents on back to school nights etc...
The county is going to need $$$. And it's going to need middle class homebuyers to look elsewhere ( not Westover!). We need more taxes pulled from south Arlington. We need the county to stop talking about seniors not paying their taxes AND not collecting deferred tax plus interest once the home is sold. Deferred taxes? Fine, but they need to square with the county when it sells. We are going to need 2-3 more elementary schools ( not including the new Henry and Reed) another new middle school and a comprehensive high school on top of all the extra seats we're looking at now. 
Having schools rated 2/3 hurts property taxes. We simply can't afford it anymore. 
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The CB needs to push AH into the school boundaries with FARMS under 5%.
They are talking about converting community centers into AH... so start by converting Madison into AH.
Seriously.  Or wake up and stop AH altogether.  Convert to mixed income. [/quote]

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