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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people not like ACPS schools because they are failing racial / ethnic minority and low-income students?  For our children TC Williams (Alexandria City) is a 10/10 on college readiness and a 7/10 on test scores because they are white and not low-income.  Do people not send children to ACPS schools out of protest of the poor education for minority/low-income students or because they are worried about their own children?  New to having older children (new full custody of teenagers), so I am genuinely curious and not trying to troll.  We are a military family moving with teenagers for the first time, and I am trying to gauge what the sentiment and reasons are for not sending children to certain schools (outside COVID).[/quote]

Translation, you and your family will get yours, despite an apartheid education system (within a system). Ironic or may not for a supposedly progressive city dominated by Democrats.

TC and now Alexandria High is overcrowded which transcends race and class lines. In theory there is one campus. In actuality there are two 9-10 and 11-12, and in any event they are internally segregated. As long as you don’t teach your children that it’s the ideal and not a failure of Democrat policies, it’s probably fine.[/quote]

OP here.  I agree that the apartheid system is horrifying, and it is also systemic and apparent across schools in this country.  I have ideas as to how to fix it, but that does not address immediate needs of my children.  Interestingly, military kids, often, get exposed to the opposite if they are lucky enough to go to schools on military installations.  I am sure we will have new conversations at dinner, and I am looking forward to my kiddos insights.  I hope that they can, through sports and activities, make a diverse group of friends.[/quote]

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