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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I have no idea why your so angry--I've never once heard or even seen insinuated boundaries had anything to do with property values.  I live in NA.  We walk to school.[b]  Our school in less than 50% white. [/b] Our walkzone has $2.0M homes and affordable housing.  It works well for our community.

SA doesn't get short changed.  The last new ES was in SA.  APS spends more per student in SA.  The focus of the next CIP is elementary seats on West Columbia Pike.

If you don't like where you live move.  If you can get that chip off your shoulder your welcome here.  We have everything from CAFs to McMansions to choose from, and more are being built daily.[/quote]

How Asian is it? Asians are now considered white where public K-12 is being discussed.

If you have 20% or more Asian you are a segregated school.[/quote]

You are completely non-sensical, and trying to force the facts to fit your narrative.

Yes, our school has an Asian population.  Of the Asian population, I'd estimate half are FARMs.  I don't see how that equates to Asians being White?

Again, I don't buy your argument or understand your anger.  APS has many flaws, but they are also better than 98% of other school districts.[/quote]

I'm actually not an APS parent so I have no stake in this discussion.

It has been my observation that schools are often considered segregated if the student population does not have a large enough percentage of black and Hispanic students.

Asians no longer count for "diversity"

So those who want to make the diversity argument lump asians in with white people when it's convenient.

Just telling you, many will find it convenient. Depends on how your FARMS and your test scores look.

Since I don't know the name of the school,  and don't really care, I don't know.

Just making you aware of trends in educational theory.[/quote]

Sounds like you’re talking about McLean Asians.

Arlington has diverse communities of Asians. Many receive EL and FARM support. 
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