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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If most of these posters spent more time working and less time posting, perhaps they could afford a private school.

OK, on with the "yay diversity" discussion.  [/quote]

"Yay diversity" folks are usually not interested in private school regardless of whether they can afford it. So, no.[/quote]

I refer you to the endless discussions of GDS vs Sidwell vs Maret elsewhere on this site and suggest you reconsider.  And it would seem the posters above are more interested in social engineering through government action than in the educational quality of the public schools.

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Actually, a focus on "educational quality" would say to spread low income kids evenly among the schools.  There is a tipping point where too many low income kids affect the quality of education provided by the schools.  If no school in arlington goes above 30 percent low income kids, all the schools would perform well and provide a high quality of education.[/quote]

If the students were evenly distributed today, you'd have three high schools each over 30% low-income and an open question as to how many higher-income families would leave APS.  [/quote]

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