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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the history of busing in arlington?[/quote]

NP.  As far as I know, elementary bussing was never historically done in Arlington.  I grew up there and never heard of it, unless it's a relatively new phenomenon.  The exception may be for kids with special needs where a neighborhood school cannot accommodate the student for whatever reason.  I can only speak from personal experience, but I attended Williamsburg and Yorktown in the early-mid 90s.  They bussed kids from what was then called Green Valley in South Arlington to those schools starting probably in 1990 or so and continuing at least until I graduated and I'm guessing at least a few years thereafter.  I remember A LOT of parents in North Arlington being unhappy about it at the time, saying it was a waste of money and a pain to coordinate with bus schedules and traffic.  Honestly, some of the kids who were bussed in adjusted beautifully, despite the SES differences and whatnot, but there were others who definitely had a lot of trouble.  If I had to guess, those kids were already having problems at their base schools and WMS and YHS were just stopgaps before spaces opened up for them at Langston Hughes.  [/quote]

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