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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, you all. Find the middle ground. I agree that we should have public schools people want to go to. I agree in theory that option schools could be a tool to help with that. But it's also 100% clear that option schools in Arlington now just serve to give people an out from an "undesirable" neighborhood school.

It was eye-opening last year to see Drew's FARM rate go up 20% (or whatever) when they showed actual attendance vs. boundaries.

Plus the busing costs a ton. Plus when you have schools with super high opt out rates its impossible to predict attendance with high confidence. These are real problems, and large ones.

I think if we dumped option schools we probably could get all schools to under 50% FARMs. And that would be a really good thing for everyone. You might have to draw some weird boundaries, but at least you could, because you could predict where the kids actually were.

More importantly, it would make everyone invested in solving this. Will some people go private? Yes. And that's fine. But it won't be everyone.

And before you complain about others being "entitled" to the school they "paid for" think about how you are coming across as being "entitled" to anything other than a neighborhood school. Guess what? You aren't entitled to your option school any more than anyone else is entitled to go to their closest school. [/quote]

If it’s 100 percent clear that is the reason for options, how do you explain the hundreds, if not 1000 kids from NA attending option schools? Some people like the instructional model differences. But I guess you have to live in NA to say that and be credible. Another joy of living in SA, besides being served last, is having people better off impugn your motives.[/quote]

And you can’t do simple math. South Arlington is 50 percent frl overall. If you get rid of option schools and assume only a small portion move or go private, that rate climbs. With perfectly equitable boundaries you have crazy zones and EVERY SCHOOL would be 50 percent FRL. See how that flies.[/quote]

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