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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a FARMS kids and I can tell you first hand that the idea of having me sit on a long bus ride out of my neighborhood for the privilege of attending school with higher income kids is offensive.  Do people really think that poor kids sit in class and think that they are somehow lucky and should be thankful they were given the opportunity?  No, they sit there awkwardly aware that they are thought of as inferior to others by their peers.

Stop with the UMC savior mentality and give low-income kids what they need.  Support and successful role models who show them all the possibilities for the future right their in their own schools.  [/quote]

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Got a little carried away  :lol: 
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No one is suggesting long bus rides for FARMS kids to go to UMC schools.  The current boundaries though actually go out of their way pulling more FARMS kids together--there are groups of lower income people who live closer to a higher SES school who get "bussed" to their assigned lower SES school.  Also new rental buildings that attract higher FARMS kids are being suggested in schools that already have high concentrations of FARMS kids.

Studies show that schools work best when FARMS rate is roughly 20% or lower in a school (number varies by study but roughly that).  Even pouring more money and resources into those schools doesn't seem to be effective, especially when the rates of FARMS goes above 50%.[/quote]

Sounds a bit like the situation developing in Tysons - almost all the affordable housing getting approved for Tysons will feed into Marshall; other apartments and condos (moderate to expensive) will feed to Marshall and McLean; and the local School Board member for Langley (Elaine Tholen) made sure that not a single multi-family unit in Tysons will feed into Langley, even though Tysons is much closer to Langley than other neighborhoods in western Great Falls zoned to Langley.

In the Vienna area, Madison’s boundaries are drawn to include relatively little housing diversity compared to Falls Church, Marshall, or South Lakes.  Oakton is actually more diverse than Madison, though still affluent overall.

As long as snooty hypocrites like Tholen are on the School Board, nothing will change.  The School Board will blather on about the importance of “equity,” but continue to look after their own neighborhoods.  [/quote]

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