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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is that Yorktown HS most closely mirrors the demographics of Arlington County. [/quote]

Interesting- I got on here to debunk this- but when I looked it up apparently the poster is correct...
The county is approximately- 64% white; 15% Latino; 8% African-American; 10% Asian.
https://arlingtonva.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2016/04/2016ProfilePagesFINAL.pdf

Yorktown is - 64% white; 15% Latino; 6% African-American; 8% Asian.  
http://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Civil-Rights-Table-1-2016-11-30-web.pdf

However- if you just go with students enrolled in APS- it would be 47% white; 28% Latino; 10%African-American; 9% Asian.

I guess the households without Children really do not mirror the demographics of households with children.[/quote]

No, you have misunderstood or people on Internet message boards have misspoken. Those actually working on this issus have only ever argued that the schools should reflect the diversity of APS, not the county's overall population of Clarendon bros.

I think it makes sense for the schools to reflect the demographics of the school system, not the overall population. [/quote]

Some would accuse you of moving the goal posts. Several people have insisted it mirror county demographics.[/quote][/quote]

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