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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your missing the point.  People were staying to attend Henry.  These are some of the children that you/ they are hoping will help balance the FRL rates at Drew.  Of course there is the potential that the market will dip slightly for those townhomes now if no longer zoned Henry.  These children will now move North or to Fairfax. [/quote]

Let me show you all the tears I cry for the families who thought they were getting a bargain buying into Henry and now might get rezoned to Drew. And then you can show me all the tears those families have cried over the idea that Fleet could someday fall below 20% FARMS while they're enrolled there.[/quote]

I don't get this. Are we really saying that Arlington should have such a divide between rich and poor and we want schools to suffer as a result? Isn't it a good thing that young families who aren't propped up by trust funds have the ability to get a foothold in Arlington instead of being forced out?

If we keep following this logic we get to one of two things. There aren't any young kids in Arlington, other than super rich or super poor kids. OR you have an incredible unstable house of cards for properties that people can't really afford. The missing middle affects everyone, to pretend it doesn't is ridiculous.[/quote]

No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm sure it's what you'd like me to be saying because it would be easier to dismiss me, but I'm not. I think it's good that middle class families can get a foothold in Arlington, but I don't have a whole lot of concern when those families freak out about having to mix with people who have less than them rather than exclusively with people who have more. No one is forcing them out, if they move it's because they are choosing it.[/quote]

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