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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should be trying to get them to stay. That is S Arlington’s only hope![/quote]

How do they help the schools? If they're just going to opt out rather than help integrate, why in the world should we care about keeping them?[/quote]

It's like you're responding to a completely different comment. They help the schools [b]if they stay[/b], so you should be trying to get them to stay.

Your attitude towards these people is irrelevant - they exist, and further they are acting rationally. This is the prisoner's dilemma: if everyone chose to send their kids to the neighborhood school, everyone would have the best outcome. But since you get screwed if you decide to send your kid to the school, and other people don't, then it's completely rational to opt out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

You can't just complain and judge people because they don't send their kids there. Instead, try to figure out how to get over the hump where a critical mass will decide to stay. This isn't an easy problem, but it's pointless to just say "we don't need them" because actually you do need them.

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