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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One point of clarification: I don't think they're removing the sibling preference at the choice schools. It would disadvantage too many families, especially those where you don't have a SAHM or other caregiver. Can you imagine a single parent trying to get a 2nd grader to ATS or Key and a Kindergarten student to Abingdon every day? [/quote]

They are choices that the family has made.  If it's too inconvenient, they can always send their kids - all of them - to their neighborhood school.  Not everyone gets to opt out of their neighborhood school.  There are choices.  There are trade-offs.  Make the choice - don't complain about the trade-offs.
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In other words, "suck it single moms!" Seriously, you're basically saying all these choice programs should only be for those with the means to get their young children to and from different elementary schools. We're not talking middle or high school here, those students are perfectly able to get themselves to school and home on their own. We're talking 5, 6, 7-year old kids.

Parent-teacher conferences are on the same day. How does this mom get to two schools on a work day? How does she participate in her kid's school activities when they're taking place at the same time? Sounds like a recipe for undermining the choice schools, or making them so selective they only benefit a very specific set of families in Arlington. [/quote]

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