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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When people say that demographics should reflect arlington, you should understand that to mean the school system. [/quote]

That isn't clear at all. I don't think a reasonable person would "understand" that because, frankly, I don't think most people would expect the school demographics to be so dramatically different than county overall. That's a surprising discovery to most people. [/quote]

How on earth could it be a surprise? We have pushed a relentless agenda of affordable housing. Of course it has thrown off school demographics, [/quote]

APS is an exception to most local public school systems, in that the percentage of white kids is higher at the elementary and middle school levels than at the high school level.

With some area systems, such as Montgomery County today, it would be an exercise in futility to try and "balance" the demographics.  There aren't enough higher-income and white kids left in MCPS, so any effort to balance the demographics probably would just cause more white flight to privates and other counties.  Arlington might be the exception, given its demographics and small size, where the county actually could have three "balanced" high schools if the will and vision existed to give kids at Wakefield as good as experience as kids at the other schools. [/quote]

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