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[quote=Anonymous]

Nice deflection. No one said you had to move, it's just gross when UMC white people in South Arlington use their poor brown neighbors as props to advocate for what they want, calling racist anyone who disagrees with them because "Oh, the poor brown children," conveniently ignoring the fact that, when actually asked instead of presuming, those parents don't want the things the UMC white families are asking for in their name.[/quote]

Ya know... I would have agreed with that... until
I went online and actually looked at Discovery elementary school. 
Oh my! I promise you. If you took your cleaning lady on a tour of Discovery elementary school and asked her if she could have the choice between Discovery and Randolph, I promise you, she would love love love to have the opportunity to send her children there. Of course thats not what they are asked. North Arlington liberals like to ask the good familes of Barcroft Apartments questions like this:
Are you happy with your school?
Do you want to be ripped away from your community?
Do you want to be a minority in a school full of people who aren’t like you?
Are you scared that you might be deported if you leave your enclave?
Are you concerned wealthy students will treat your kids poorly?

Yeah. They aren’t putting up much of a fuss. They are APS’ favorite demographic. They don’t know what they don’t know.
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Really, you think a parent who, for instance, doesn't have a car and has to rely on public transportation would rather send their kid to a school an hour by public transportation rather than the one within walking distance or less than 20 minutes by public bus? I'm sure they'd be falling all over themselves to do that every day for their kids who go to extended day, even more so if those kids currrently are watched after before/after school by a grandparent or other relative who is comfortable with a 15-minute walk but would be too anxious about an hour bus ride requiring two transfers.[/quote]

I don't think that's what the poster is saying.  I read it as, given a choice between a new, shiny, bright, well-designed, well-equipped, fully-operational facility and a run-down, dingy, worn, leaking facility, the parent would love to send their kid to the prettier, shinier, newer, decked-out, spirit-lifting building.

The PP is exactly on target.  As a parent at one of these "browner" schools, I assure you firsthand that parents in these schools are just as clueless about what these $80-200K PTAs do with their resources to support and enhance their students' academic experiences and opportunities as many parents at those wealthy schools are about the real disparities in opportunities at the lowest-income schools.  When parents in these poorer south arlington schools hear what well-funded PTAs in other schools use their funds for, they are surprised if not shocked.  When you work your butts off volunteering at your kids' school and see that your kids are getting a good education, you don't realize how much "gooder" it can be....until you see it.[/quote]

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