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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It isn't disingenuous. Yes, housing policies are the most direct and influential factor. But even those policies were made from NIMBY desires and "protecting" MC and UMC neighborhoods. Nevertheless, the rationale that concentrating these populations in our schools so that we can efficiently provide wraparound services perpetuates the problem and precludes anyone from pursuing any policies to mitigate the impacts. There ARE things a school system can do to mitigate the impacts of those housing policies - it just won't ever happen in Arlington. And so we rationalize that it's a good thing to do because it better serves these populations. Except, it DOESN'T really serve them the best they can be served. What gets my goat even more is the people who justify this system adamantly denying that other kids "caught" in these schools are not being served as well as they could or should be and most certainly are not being served as well as their cohorts in those under 20% schools. And they will fall on their swords denying it because their kids aren't in these schools and will never be affected. If we're going to intentionally administer a segregated system and believe the low-income, ELL students are best served in this manner, then [b]non low-income/non-ELL students districted to those schools should have a guaranteed opt-out to a neighborhood school with less than 25% FRL and ELL.[/b][/quote]

Ah, there it is. [/quote]

Yes. The ones who are complaining are the UMC "caught" in high FARMS SA schools. They try to pretend they care about the high FARMS kids but they really care about the impact on their own kids. Apparently they would be totally find with the system as is as long as they can have a guaranteed opt out. [/quote]
No.  Completely wrong assumption and conclusion there.
If the premise is to put all the ELL and ED students together in order to concentrate the support services they need into a few schools for them, then it is quite logical that students who do not fit that profile are the outliers and are not the focus of the school.  Therefore, they should not have to attend and should be able to attend a school that specifically does not design its entire administration and instruction and resources to a specific, different population.  You don't send a kindergartner to middle school; so you shouldn't send a non-ELL/non-ED student who doesn't need all those community wraparounds to a school that is designed for those community wraparounds. 
Now, if thos wraparounds were merely a PART of array of services at the school because APS is providing the supports ALL of its students need at EVERY school, then fine.  But that's NOT what they're trying to do and it is not what they are doing.[/quote]

+1  It's a totally different situation for the district to overtly say they are designing these schools expressly to support ELL/ED students.  If that's the case, maybe those need to be "option" schools rather than neighborhood.[/quote]

Give up. Local dems are responsive to only the rich and the poor. Middle class people get uppity and don’t know when to sit down and be quiet. Even worse, they have a mind of their own and sometimes vote for people like JV. [/quote]

Yes. And they want to make NA for the wealthy and SA for the poor. It makes them feel good about themselves, but without having to come in contact with those they help.[/quote]

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