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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also if we live in S Arlington we really don’t want to be isolated at school with only N Arlington folk. Sorry I want my kid at a decent school but we chose S Arlington over N Arlington in part for the down to earth feel and economic and racial diversity. [/quote]

Dp- So you were always planning to send jr to the neighborhood school? You are just advocating for a better mix through out the county and in south Arlington in particular?
If yes- I get that. 
Someone up thread was saying that spreading out poverty through out sa ( all elementary schools farms % around 50) didn’t address NA- implying it wasn’t an acceptable solution. I think that’s a great way to keep Henry, Hoffman Boston, and Oakridge from being Tittle  1. If that’s your goal.... we get it.[/quote]

Title I threshold is 40%.  And why would anyone want to make all south Arlington schools Title I?  Spreading out the poverty across just south Arlington has to be the stupidest comment I've ever seen on this forum.  And there have been some doozies.[/quote]

I’m sure you have a genius and completely realistic scenario that spreads the poverty evenly into Jamestownland? Why don’t you have another drink...[/quote]

If someone from NA actually came up with such a plan, you’d piss all over it anyway simply because it came from NA. [/quote]

Oh so that’s why you’re keeping your incredible plan all to yourself! Talk about stupid comments on this thread...[/quote]

No, the stupid comment was thinking pp was saying she actually had a plan instead of realizing it was commentary on your lousy attitude.[/quote]

You are the problem with Arlington.[/quote]

People who are tired of getting slapped down and insulted when they try to help others are the problem. Sure. Okay. You go with that, I'm sure it'll get you far.[/quote]

People like who don’t see the benefit to having a 50% poverty rate spread where it is feasible are a HUGE problem. Protecting Henry or wherever makes you no better than Yorktown trolls.[/quote]

There are several people participating in this discussion (even just in the quoted portion), so I'd be careful about the assumptions you make about who said what and where they're coming from. To give you an example, I am one person (not the only one) who questioned the wisdom of simply making all of the SA schools 50% FARMS. I also, in other discussions, have suggested ways we might get more busing across Rte 50 to help spread things out further and alternative ways we might help the schools where we can't do better via boundaries at the time. Thus, when I question 50%, I am not saying we should try for better than all-50% because I'm trying to protect Henry/Fleet (I live in North Arlington, I have no investment in Henry/Fleet), I'm saying it because I think we legitimately can do better for everyone. When you then insult me, tell me to shut up and call me a troll, you're telling me not to bother trying to help anymore because it's not welcome.

So that's what I'll do. I'll stop trying to help. I'll stop posting school board meeting/work session summaries when key issues are discussed so that people here can have more information to work with. I'll stop posting it when I see some potentially useful information or data. I'll stop raising considerations about other schools when I go to office hours. I'll stop thinking about whether the best solution for my neighborhood might negatively affect someone else's. I'll keep to my corner of the county and stay out of yours.[/quote]

Please. Arlington-SGA-know-it-all’s couldn’t stop posting here if their lives depended on it. 
You want to include Barret, Longbranch, and Ashlawn? Great, but that’s  not a new idea, and let’s not pretend it will move the needle that much. Aiming for a 50 percent spread would make a huge impact. [/quote]

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