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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we take option schools away, the UMC white families will not just automatically see the light, enroll in Barcroft and Randolph and magically balance the FARMS rates. They will move to private or move out of the neighborhood altogether to a zone with a "better" school.

People who think Arlington is the only place with this problem and that it's caused by option schools are terribly naive. This issue has existed for decades nationwide. No one has solved it. Busing was unfortunately a sad failure that led to white flight and arguably even weaker public schools due to the loss of those families from the system.
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Yeah no one has solved this problem. You can't have diverse neighborhood schools without diverse neighborhoods. [/quote]
Then let go of neighborhood schools and implement a select-choice districtwide system.[/quote]

I’m totally for that but you’ll get people who I g about costs and not walking. Which is BS; really they just want a “high performing” (read: uniformly wealthy) schools to keep property values up. That’s essentially what all civic activity in Arlington ultimately is, property value maintenance. Just like racial covenants that most NA neighborhoods had were.[/quote]

Bullsh1t. So you believe it when poor people want proximity but you don’t when rich people do?

Most parents just want a neighborhood school that is close to their home. Easy to get there and easy to make nearby friends.

Enough with your false cries of racism. You will lose your supporters. 
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Hit a nerve I see.[/quote]

Having a reasonable, rational desire for your family to be at schools close to your home and being called racist would hit a nerve. Not the PP. [/quote]

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