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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where's my S Arlington choice school?

Or better, when are we just going to go back and redraw all the lines, institute a busing plan, or start completely over?[/quote]

Campbell is the South Arlington choice school.  South Arlington kids get a preference over North Arlington kids in the Campbell lottery.  And Claremont, which should cover the Western half of the County, is mostly filled with kids from the neighborhoods adjacent to the school.  Granted, this makes it function more like a neighborhood school than a choice school.  But, to the extent that it still is a choice school, it is a choice school for those in certain South Arlington neighborhoods.  And South Arlington kids have exactly the same chance in the ATS lottery as North Arlington kids.  I think the same is true for Drew.

So, South Arlington parents are not denied choice school options.  And I'm honestly not being snotty here.  I'm a South Arlington parent myself.   South Arlington schools have some challenges that North Arlington schools don't, but a lack of choice school seats isn't one of them.  [/quote]

Can we move away from N v. S? If it's a choice school, it should be a choice for everyone. I know plenty of north Arlington families who would've loved to be at Campbell, and I can't see why that would be a bad thing. Or at Claremont. It's so silly. If it's a choice, it should be one for everybody. Same as Drew, ATS, HB. Claremont and Key are meant to serve both N & S so that together they cover the whole county, but because of preferences, Claremont isn't really taking kids from outside of the immediate neighborhood. So, it's not exactly that south Arlington lacks choice schools, but some neighborhoods, that are not in anybody's preferred tier, are going to get shut out of choices that other families have. And I don't think that's only true for south Arlington. I think (but don't know for sure) that there are north Arlington neighborhoods that aren't getting in anywhere either. I think the difference may be that in north Arlington, the neighborhood school is largely considered "good" even if it wasn't the first choice. But the families in south Arlington don't really consider some of the neighborhood schools an option at all. Just guessing here. [/quote]

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