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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or of the opinion that trekking across the city (in either direction) for a viable eduction is a complete non-starter. Yeah, or that. [/quote]

Or, of the belief that there isn't genuine social and political backlash from pushing a largely AA application school out of its home in Georgetown.  This seems to be difficult for newcomers, gentrifiers, and generally higher SES white families to understand.  There is real insecurity and even justified resentment about the geographic segregation in DC.

We can argue the particulars and justifications all day long, but it doesn't change the long-standing community opinion among a certain - large, and mobilized to vote - segment of the population.

To you, it's demographic common sense.  To others, it's being exiled and excluded, and ultimately looks like segregation.

You don't have to agree, but you should understand what the tensions are and why this a hotter potato than you seem to think.[/quote]

I don't know why y'all would be opposed to a little more diversity at Ellington.  Just let in the neighborhood kids who want to come, and share the school.  There's going to be a ton more space there.[/quote]

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