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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's also amazing to me how white people are SO scared of the high FRL schools.

When you live in South Arlington, you are not scared of them.  And you know that your child can have a terrific experience anywhere.  We have friends who choose to go to Drew this year (vice Abingdon) and are having an outstanding experience.

But of course, you should have to post your zip code when entering these discussions.  It seems 22207 has a lot of opinions about what happens with 22204 and think their opinion should trump the opinion of those of us who actually live here.[/quote]

OK, for the record, I'm 22204 and my kids went to Barcroft. Yes, they had a mostly solidly good experience with some outstanding teachers and a few lousy ones. Less great experiences as the administration changed. Nevertheless, I know for a fact that their experience was significantly different than that of their friends in low-FRL/low-ELL north Arlington schools where classes were faster-paced, there were more and more varied enrichment and field trip experiences and opportunities, and PTAs had more resources to enhance the whole experience.  The fact that our south Arlington experience was still solid and good does not make it "right" or, imo, "OK" for such disparities within a system in a county so small and wealthy as Arlington.  ALL students in Arlington should have the positive benefits of a diverse school environment because it's possible to provide that when we have such diversity. Very few schools actually offer a really diverse environment, as most are either very low FRL and ELL or very high FRL and ELL. Neither extreme is actually "diverse."[/quote]

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