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[quote=Anonymous]THIS: "We were just FLOORED at how bad Abington actually was...moldy carpet, windowless dark halls, but above all, the children were months, if not years behind grade level....and they kicked my child under the desk for participating, since it made their non-participation look bad! The principal and other admin just gave me the BS lip service that "All Arlington schools are equally good"....and my child said it was heartbreaking that the other children truly were starving, and begging for food...."

We went to visit Abingdon and inasmuch as I wanted to like it, I couldn't get past how depressing it was.  We decided to send our DD to private school.  Then, when it became clear that she needed the services of APS, we went to look at it again, and it had gotten worse.  We moved to N.Arl.  It makes me sad to think that I am one of "those people," but we really had no choice.  Yes, I could have stayed and tried to change things but was I really going to be able to make a difference in enough time to impact my child?  At the end of the day, we make decisions that are best for our families first and then worry about our community.  We elect officials that we hope will be able to do the latter for us.  But they fail us again and again.  No Cristol for me, that's for sure. [/quote]

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