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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you agree with his op ed, sign Matthew Herrity's petition.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-school-board-arlington-public-schools-integration
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Why should anyone sign a petition that has factual errors, such as asserting Madison HS is "inside the Beltway" or that Yorktown is the third least diverse school "inside the Beltway"?

The kid needs to fix all the sloppy errors, resubmit his paper for a better grade, and then see if anyone else wants to sign a petition. Egging him on right now isn't a good idea and just makes the W-L community look ignorant.[/quote]

Not to mention the gist of this is that Madison, McLean and Yorktown somehow need to be punished for their relative homogeneity? Yorktown has 35% minority enrollment -- that's fairly diverse by any national measure. The message here is that these schools should take some off the riff-raff so that Wakefield isn't overburdened. How is that a positive thing to say? It's deplorable, in fact.[/quote]

Economic diversity is the bigger issue, not racial diversity. Yorktown is very affluent compared to overall APS. [/quote]

Not according to the main takeaway of the student's article that started this thread. [/quote]

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