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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The families being rezoned to Williamsburg would have vigorously defended their right to attend Williamsburg before Hamm opened.  That's where they were zoned historically.  But now it's suddenly too inconvenient?  For a cohort of families with amongst the most resources in Arlington?

Instead they're now asking for a [b]cohort of families with far fewer resources and means to trek across the county for MS[/b]?  Most immersion students live in the Gunston/Wakefield boundary.  That's a long way from Williamsburg.  And the program collapses without the Spanish speaking classmates, so that would be the end of it.  All so a few very privileged kids don't have to travel to an excellent MS that was considered their preferred option just a few years ago.[/quote]

Is this actually true? I haven't seen any demographic info for MS immersion. They might not be as disadvantaged as you think considering the Claremont FARMS rate is 27.64%.[/quote]

No Immersion just trots out “Spanish speaking == poor” as a club to get their way.

I can’t believe we prioritizing OPTION program commute comfort over neighborhood schools and busing costs. [/quote]

That is my big issue with all of the option schools. If we need to have them, fine. But they get resources/priority [b][u]after[/u][/b] neighborhood schools. 
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You're 100% wrong and I love fighting people like you. Options are not second class schools. Your neighborhood whatever is not better. It's people like you who drive me - I'm not APS, I'm a parent and 23-year homeowner- to get deeply involved in many County and APS task forces so I can make sure to push back on wasteful elitism. I'm delighted we've made as much progress but we have a lot more to go, and we will. I'm not looking for the death of neighborhoods, not even close. Just parity, because in an incredibly small county like Arlington with all the competing demands for spending, prioritizing neighborhoods as sinequa non is a recipe for.  Waste and poor governance. See you in the committees, not ;)[/quote]

Ever notice it's the rich whites in N. Arlington who complain about option schools? I guess they want all the resources for their lily white neighborhood schools way up north. [/quote]

Ever notice it’s the parents down in S Arlington fighting for option schools because they want to escape the neighborhood schools they bought into. What does it say that you’re willing to buy a home somewhere but don’t actually want your kid to go to school with their neighbors?

And a lot of them are wealthy parents who wanted their dollar to stretch further for a bigger/newer house in the south part of the county (and I’m sure many of them would call my N Arlington house a shack). So because they aren’t happy with the schools where they bought they want to option their kids to other schools and expect the rest of our kids to be inconvenienced so their kids don’t have to go to school amongst the people they live near. [/quote]

At least we're willing to live near them. Next door to them, even. Interact with them and play on rec teams with them, too. 
[b]Ever think some of the parents are just looking for higher academic expectations and more opportunities  - just like you were when you bought your north Arlington shack?[/b] Ever consider that a lot of south Arlington parents couldn't afford even the shack you live in in north Arlington because it's north of 50? Ever notice that a lot of south Arlington houses are probably just like your shack or worse?

The north Arlington attitude toward MC/UMC south Arlington is hypocritical. It's ok for you to segregate your kids because you chose to live in a segregated part of the County; but SA parents are racist, or greedy "want it alls," or hypocritical SJWs, because they only live in diverse neighborhoods and exercise the same option anyone anywhere in Arlington has to send their kid to an option program. It's fine for you to purposely live in NA to avoid the SA schools; but not ok for SA to avoid those same neighborhood schools. It's "right" for you to fight and defend neighborhood schools and oppose option programs even though you know the neighborhood schools aren't equal; but you "bought" yours, so that's ok - rather than fighting for and supporting a system that can result in more equal schools across the district, like a district-wide ranked-choice admissions system or even merely "weird" boundaries that at least help balance things out a little.

--SA Title I neighborhood schools K-12 parent.
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Funny you and calling NA parents hypocritical when all I was doing was pointing out that you’re trying to do the same thing we’ve done for our kids by prioritizing their academic opportunities. You admit in your post that you’re doing the each same thing NA parents have done. Your motivations are the exact same and yet you judge the parents up here for advocating for our own kids’ educational experiences. So who is the hypocrite? Can you at least admit we’re all motivated by the same things for our kids without trying to claim such moral superiority because you allow your kids to play rec soccer with other kids you wouldn’t want them to sit next to in school. You are the same as the NA parents whether you want to admit it or not.[/quote]

Clearly you did not note how I signed my comment. My kids attend/ed all of their Title 1 neighborhood SA schools.
And,
"So because they aren’t happy with the schools where they bought they want to option their kids to other schools and expect the rest of our kids to be inconvenienced so their kids don’t have to go to school amongst the people they live near"  goes beyond "pointing out that you're trying to do the same thing we've done for our kids by prioritizing their academic opportunities."  More pointedly, "...expect the rest of our kids to be inconvenienced so their kids don’t have to go to school amongst the people they live near" is blatantly hypocritical as you all advocate for your convenience, not for best academic outcomes. [/quote]

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