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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best line:
Arlington is only 26 square miles but through negligence you’ve managed to become more racially segregated than all 406 square miles of Fairfax.[/quote]

Boom. Mic dropped.[/quote]

Not really. The School Board doesn't make housing policy. Schools are a reflection of where people live.

This article is far too strident and lacking in accuracy to be taken seriously. You can totally tell a high school student wrote it. I give is a B-minus.[/quote]

People on this thread have been shrill about the inaccuracies, but no one has offered facts to dispute this article. 
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I think people have offered facts to point out some of the inaccuracies.  It's unfortunate that you choose to label others "shrill" rather than acknowledge the errors. 
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The only fact I've seen is that Madison is outside the beltway. Not super compelling, or particularly undermining of the article. [/quote] still waiting on those facts. [/quote]

Yorktown is not the third least diverse high school "inside the Beltway." [/quote]

Why? Are there other schools in close-in Va less diverse? If so name them and their stats. That's how giving facts works. [/quote]

We're not talking about close-in VA. We're talking about "inside the Beltway" -- i.e., the parameters given in the letter being discussed in this thread. I swear, you're positively Trumpian in your attempts to move the goalposts.[/quote]

Yes we are. The letter is talking about Fairfax and Arlington. Quit trying to deflect and drag DCPS and PG into this. Sheesh. [/quote]

What about Falls Church City and Alexandria? And why wouldn't someone assume that the phrase "inside the Beltway" includes DC and MD?  It seems you want people to read the letter that you wish the student had written, rather than the letter he actually wrote.[/quote]

Both Falls Church City and City of Alexandria only have one high school.  The demographics of the school reflect the demographics of their respective cities.[/quote]

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