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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Arlington got rid of option schools, a lot of parents would leave certain neighborhoods. Sorry, but it is true. I live in SA in a neighborhood surrounded by title I schools. Most parents try for an option school. Many of them get in, or at least used to. If they don't, they leave. Schools has been one of the largest drivers of home sales and non-renewal of rental leases.  In the 8 years I have lived here, it has been the primary driver and I know of over a dozen who made a decision to leave because of schools.

For families moving in, they already have their kids in option schools.

People will move, driving down real estate values and making south arlington SFH neighborhoods more affordable. So, if that is the goal, eliminating option schools will do it.[/quote]
When’s that happening? Cause I don’t know if you noticed, but neighborhoods zoned to the worst elementary schools were selling older homes for over 800K this past spring.[/quote]

People with kids already in option schools are the buyers for these houses.[/quote]

Prove it.[/quote]

With one recent exception, this is what I have noted in our neighborhood when buyers have kids that are school aged or close. Otherwise its people with very little babies or buyers are DINKs with no plans for kids. Maybe things will change, but I have a difficult time believing that people who can afford $800,000 + homes are content sending their kids to schools that are seen as offering so much less than other schools. I get that this is essentially seen as "DCUM poor," but it's really not. People with this kind of capital do have choices, and they rarely choose the option that provides their own children with fewer opportunities. [/quote]

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