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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. APAH and their mouthpiece Mi Vota Cuenta will be all over you if you start a no school over 50 campaign.  They will call you racists and say that you are saying you don't want to be at a school with poor people and that the are not smart.  Just review the campaign that was waged for distributing affordable housing.  APAH and VOICE started a campaign calling UMC in S,Arlington racists.  You literally cannot win.  Arlington has been entirely turned over to the affordable housing lobby.[/quote]

Off-topic, but, got a link to said campaign?[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I believe he or she was referring to this process back in 2015: https://www.arlnow.com/2015/09/17/new-south-arlington-group-urges-county-board-to-accept-housing-plan/ [/quote]

This.  I am in South Arlington and used to be super involved in trying to bring down farms rates and increase diversity.  I used to go to school board meetings, open office hours etc.  I gradually came to the realization that it’s only generally middle to upper middle class people who want this.  When you speak to the Latino community they absolutely do not want to be broken up or bused.  [b]They take offense to the notion that they have to spread out to improve test scores.[/b] The school board is happy to oblige.  [/quote]

It shouldn't be about test scores.  The argument needs to stop being about test scores.  The point of balanced demographics is equity in resources; equality in opportunities; in LIVING our diversity instead of "honoring" it; in learning to communicate and work with people who are different from you no matter who you are; in being able to offer every student in the system a similar academic experience no matter what school they attend - and easily transition from one school to another if they happen to move or be moved to a different attendance zone.  I honestly believe part of the problem is the individual character/community each school develops - whether through its student demographics or an exemplary program.  It makes it more difficult for people to be redistricted to another school because it is entirely different in feel, in look, and has its own "unique" traditions and "character."  People feel they are losing their community and character of their school and going to a school with less - aside from "lesser academics."  I vote we resume the east/west vision Tara Natrass proposed last year or so and make every neighborhood school a STEAM school.  Make every school attractive by making them essentially the same, not through gimmicks.[/quote]

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