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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A very powerful letter written by a student at Washington and Lee High School. I'm in Fairfax, but we have similar issues here and "white" (or higher SES) flight from more diverse schools.

http://www.crossedsabres.org/opinion-2/2016/12/07/open-letter-to-the-school-board/

I also recommend this podcast: 
https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with

And these articles: 
http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/white-kids-benefits-diverse-schools
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/446085513/the-evidence-that-white-children-benefit-from-integrated-schools[/quote]

Hmm.  Did Herrity and his friend's try to pupil place at Wakefield?  Are he and his friend's parents willing to pay the county to compensate for any increased costs due to transportation?  [/quote]

Why should students at the only high school that reflects the demographics of the county move to another high school? Especially when that high school is very diverse and high performing? Isn't the point that that model is working? What purpose would this serve?[/quote]

Don't bother responding to these trolls. These are the same people who will tell people who [i]do[/i] go to Wakefield that if they didn't like the situation there, they should have made a different choice. So basically, their response boils down to: if you are concerned about Wakefield, then you should go there. But if you go there, you can't complain because you chose it. So shut up.

It's an attempt to deflect and distract from a topic that makes them uncomfortable.[/quote]

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