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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would be civil on both sides. Nasty things are being said about Montessori and specific neighborhoods/ parents here and on AEM by some people. Preferring one school or program over another is okay and is not “code” or racist. Once boundaries are drawn, those families will probably not forget what was said about them. I just don’t see how this all works out in a way that is a net positive for Drew’s PTA or South Arlington. The last few years have certainly made me think twice about living in Arlington. [/quote]

Largely agree, but let's be honest about the reasons for those preferences, which are for material reasons, and not matters of tastetaste. No one prefers Fleet over Drew "just because." They prefer it because it will have a farms rate one third that of Drew, with all the benefits that come with it. Yes, I can understand that Henry wants to maintain its diversity, because i believe in integration. But it's hard to be sympathetic about them wanting not too much, not too little, but just the right amount of economic diversity that UMC families are comfortable with, while the schools immediately adjacent have rates of 60, 80, and 90 percent.

Also, "The Henry community" has been losing economic diversity over the last decade as most of the AH in their zone was replaced by high end condos; Henry was at 60 percent farms in 2003, then 46% in 2010 and now it's 32% in 2017. So it's a problem now, but not 10 years ago? So pardon me if Henry's two mantras, "keep Henry diverse, keep Henry together" sound a little forced and a little late.[/quote]

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