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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's right. Every generation of SA parents have to learn this lesson. You always think it is on the verge of turning around. And in the meantime, your kids are stuck in these schools. [/quote]

To be fair it happened to Hoffman Boston. You just have to understand it’s not because of who moved in, it’s because of who moved out. I think UMC can make a difference AFTER there has been a meaningful shift around the 50% farms mark. So all these poster clutching their pearls at moving the frl rate of all elementary schools at or below 50% should relax. I believe all schools would benefit from more umc buy in from that, moving the needle further in the right direction.[/quote]

So, the first step is to get them to 50%, right? Once you do that with boundaries, buy-in becomes a much easier proposition for many UMC families. [/quote]

That has been my point multiple times on this thread. Then I’m called stupid by someone from north Arlington.[/quote]

Well, I have posted the same. For the highest poverty schools, a realistic goal is to tweak the boundaries just enough to get them around 50%. If that means some adjacent schools with fr/l under 40% go up, so be it. Waiting for under 30% across the board is not realistic. There is no way to accomplish this within a neighborhood school framework. And that isn't changing. [/quote]

But we don't have a strictly neighborhood school framework.  We also have option schools.  We also COULD have admissions policies that include 25-30% seat set-asides for ED.  30% at every school isn't necessary; but half the schools at about 20% or less and half at 50% isn't the right way to go and isn't necessary, either.[/quote]

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