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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Langley poster doesn't see income like White people "don't see race."  LOL. [/quote]

And people like you would prefer to bus kids for miles out of their way, just to make Langley more “economically diverse.”  Admit it - there are no low-income apartments anywhere near Langley that could be included in its boundary without having to bus those kids FAR FROM THEIR OWN HOMES.  Have you asked those families how they’d feel about their kids sitting on buses much longer than necessary, all so they could be the token “poor people” at a new school?  It’s disgusting that you’re so obsessed with income (and race, ethnicity, etc.) that you would happily force certain kids to be bused in.  [/quote]

This, too, is also incorrect.  There are kids in lower-income apartments zoned to South Lakes, Marshall, and McLean who all live closer to Langley than some current Langley students.  Perhaps because you have so little familiarity with lower-income areas at Langley, you aren't familiar with other neighborhoods assigned to other schools.

And whenever there is even the slightest hint that this might change, and FCPS might add greater housing diversity to Langley, someone eventually steps up (in the latest instance, Elaine Tholen) to make sure that doesn't happen.

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Please list the low-income apartments currently zoned for the schools you listed, that are actually closer to Langley.  We’ll wait.[/quote]

Some kids travel 12 miles to Langley.   Do you really think there are no lower and moderate-income apartments closer to Langley than that, whether in McLean, Falls Church, and Reston?  The areas at McLean HS are in central Tysons, and off Anderson Road and Lee Highway; the lower-income areas at Marshall are behind the school, off Lee Highway, and off Magarity, and there are even more in Reston zoned to South Lakes.  How else do you think the FARMS rate at Langley ends up 1/3 that of McLean, 1/6 that of Marshall, and 1/10th that of South Lakes?[/quote]

So then what you’re advocating is for these pockets of low-income students to be carved out of their boundaries - which currently make geographic sense - and then bused miles out of their way to Langley, even though they’re much closer to Marshall and South Lakes?  Because you think carving out awkward little islands of low-income families and sending them to Langley would make them feel better about themselves - being the token “poor” kids - and would make such a huge impact on “economic diversity” at Langley?  Have you ever asked those students and parents what they would think about your busing proposal?  Why don’t you do that and then get back to us. [/quote]

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