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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you are advocating for all S A schools at 50? Tanking Henry, Oakridge, and HB and just letting N A perpetuate this stupid divide in smallest wealthiest county? Are you even from S A because you sound like a N North Arlington resident that thinks neceau they lay more taxes they should get better treatment. [/quote]

I'm in Nauck and my goals are to suggest improvements that stand a chance of happening. I've no interest in "tanking" Oakridge or Fleet, but it's pretty clear to me that without purposely keeping the AH currently zoned to those schools this this fall, they will both have farms rates under 20 percent within a couple years if it gets shoved off onto Drew. I'm not interested in turning those schools into "north" Arlington schools at the cost of creating another barcroft, carlin springs, or Randolph at Drew. [/quote]

DP- that’s fine, but you can’t just be concerned about Drew. We need to be looking at creating change at Barcroft, Randolph, and Carlin Springs as well. We can’t all just retreat to our corners and protect “what’s ours”.
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I'll skip being offended by your comment and point out that bussing Barcroft apt students to 4 or 5 different elementaries is a nonstarter and probably the only way to meaningfully bring down the farms rate at Randolph. I'm sorry I don't have a better suggestion but I can't say progresss everywhere or progresss nowhere. I'm open to suggestions about how to better balance the other schools. Drew will be solidly title i in any scenario I can imagine, so im not trying advocate for it at the expense of neighboring schools. [/quote]

Cool. Keep wasn’t isn’t working as long your corner benefits. Now that’s offensive.[/quote]

I just said I'm willing to be part of a bigger solution. But bussing Barcroft apts to 4 diff elementaries is what it will take and to me that is basically exactly how bussing Worked in Nauck  in the 1970s and 80s. Crack up the neighborhood and send kids out instead of bringing UMC in. it put the burden on the disadvantaged, and the neighborhood did not exactly embrace that aspect. I doubt it is possible to repeat that scenario.[/quote]

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