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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, unless there is a major change in the school board and the board none of this is going to happen.  The CARD group tried to tackle some of these issues and the Voz group came out swinging with their sob stories and "diversity." Much of this comes not from the Latino community but from the churches we all go to that lead the VOICE efforts.  Perhaps the changes need to come from parishoners who are members of the churches that lead much of this.[/quote]

Don't blame Mi Voz Cuenta.  They were misled to believe that the CARD group were a bunch of Donald Trump-loving Tea Partiers, when really I think CARD were liberals pointing out the hypocrisy of other liberals.  Think about who would do that, and why.

Segregation is a subject that makes many people uncomfortable; nobody wants to admit that they are comfortable with it, and that they tacitly accept it as the price of admission to a "good school." [/quote]

But the thing is, in this case, the Latino community mentioned wants to be segregated!  They want all their kids together at the same school(s)! They want to be in the majority and make zero efforts to integrate.  It is not politically incorrect for them apparently.  [/quote]

No, in fact there is a strong "'liberal" contingent that is helping them accomplish this. I used to think it was the wealthy in north Arlington, who want to feel good about supporting the less fortunate, while keeping it at arms length. I don't think that's the case any more.[b] I think much of this activism comes from south Arlington home owners.[/b] [/quote]

Not me!
I'm absolutely flabbergasted by this "movement ".
Also the PP describing "white haired retirees" leading Latino families by hand into the meeting!?  WTH?  Who are these people?
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These are older people who have lived here for 30+ years. They spent 175,000 on their home and they hate the new builds and popped up second floors around them. They think you speed around the neighborhood in your fancy car, and they think the schools are just fine- even though they don't have kids In them, and if you ask - you'll discover they sent their kids to private school back in the day. They feel the old Arlington is slipping away and don't want it changed. They are ultra liberal, to the point that they can't be reasoned with in regards to fiscal realities. They don't care that you spent 609k on a fixer upper, spend 2000 a month on childcare and are working your ass off to live close enough to work to try and have a home  life. They don't care that the metro region has exploded since 1981, when they were a GS 13 and were able to afford a parent to stay home. They don't care that your kid is in a trailer, has lunch at 10am, and nowhere for recess. If you are so fancy and can afford to live here- you can afford private school as far as they are concerned. They don't understand why the kids need iPads- even though the point of that program is close the gap for less advantaged kids they are championing.
To sum up- they don't like you. They don't like your yuppie lifestyle. They don't like your entitlement. They don't like that you tore down/ renovated a perfectly good house. They don't like that you are demanding more from perfectly good schools. 
They would rather move half of El Salvador and Ethiopia into all of Barcroft than see anymore people like you.[/quote]

*CLAP CLAP CLAP*

I was on a civic association for one of the northern South Arlington neighborhoods and this is such an incredible description of the underlying dynamics of every meeting. [/quote]

1) "Northern" South Arlington? I'm laughing inside, but I know that you are trying to give a general idea of where you live.
2) I wish those older folks got it. We've just pretend that we live the tiny house lifestyle.[/quote]

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