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I agree with this. I just wish I had some faith that APS would prioritize integration at all. When they’ve had the option to make a better choice for the entire community, they’ve really blown it. Busing across the county? No. Looking at boundaries in a strategic way? Yes. [/quote]

What kind of strategic boundaries are you envisioning that would solve this problem? People keep tossing this out as the obvious solution, and yet no one ever seems to detail where those boundaries would be. Sure, you can stretch the Ashlawn boundary across 50 (and I support that), but that only addresses a small part of the problem.[/quote]

Arlington forest is the most recent and obvious example of not doing the right thing. 
I personally agreed with breaking up the poverty clusters and placing choice schools  at Barcroft or Randolph. I know people think it’s terrible to have poor kids walk, but I think an integrated classroom is a big enough benefit.[/quote]

I'm not asking about past decisions on high school zones, I'm talking about the upcoming process of redrawing elementary zones, which are substantially smaller and more numerous than high school zones and thus have different challenges. If you got to draw the boundaries this fall, what "strategic" choices would you make to break up poverty?[/quote]

I literally just wrote that I would eliminate at least 1 neighborhood school from one of the most concentrated pockets. That’s a start. I look forward to working with an online boundary tool this fall. It will be interesting to see the numbers. [/quote]

Removing a neighborhood school doesn't do anything if you draw boundaries that simply move the poverty around within the same remaining schools. You were the one who suggested "strategic" boundaries, so what does a strategic boundary look like after you put an option school or two there? Where are you going to send the displaced students to create better FARMS rates?

Also, have they changed their minds on putting up an online boundary tool? I thought they said after the high school boundary process they're not going that anymore. There's enough data on the APS site, though, that between that and a few basic google searches, you could at least make a good-faith effort at sketching some boundaries to substantiate your position.[/quote]

It seems pretty clear that you would be dispersing low income populations to schools with lower farms, like Hoffman Boston, Claremont, and Fleet.  [/quote]

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