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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP's above nailed it all right. It is a whole different world in S.A schools.

I challenge any N.A. parent who disagrees to come to a S.A. school and check out the activities and PTA expenses. We are at a title I S.A. school. We have a little money to spend, but not much. And, we spend money on things like coat drives and basics for some of the families. Rather than after school enrichment, kids are taking extra SOL preps. Those who don't need it don't get access to enrichment those days because the school won't do anything unless ALL kids can do it.

Our classrooms are filled with old furniture. Our yard is weeds. All of our equipment in the class is old. We don't do plays or independent projects. Things are really basic here.  [/quote]

What would you like to see happen? Bus some of the poor kids from your neighborhood to schools in the north? Force some of the kids in the north to come south? Move option programs around? Share PTA money? Give an opportunity to transfer your kids to Jamestown?

Serious question.

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Not the poster you're responding to; but I'd like to see:

an end to planning units hiding behind "walkability" and crying that we can't have weirdly shaped attendance zones;
an end to neighborhoods objecting to any and all proposals that move the needle in the right direction toward more SED across the system;
an end to SB members capitulating to advocacy from the above;
yes, relocating choice programs in ways that can break-up the highest concentrations of FRL students, even if it doesn't increase SED at the northernmost schools; 
yes, sharing PTA money and resources - CCPTA has a very easy resource to do just that through donations to its CPCI grant fund; but schools can partner-up or better yet team-up and conduct PTA activities together and share proceeds and other resources;
teachers who receive training funded by PTAs to conduct presentations and subsequent training to teachers at other schools whose PTAs can't afford to send them to special training;
implement seat set-asides for ED students in all choice programs;
strong public awareness and public education efforts to recruit students from communities less likely to take advantage of choice programs;
sure, bus kids beyond route 50;
implement and coordinate ART bus routes that facilitate students' and families' abilities to get to schools farther from their home, especially high school kids who would then be even more able to participate in a choice system;
teachers conduct P-T conferences in neighborhood community centers or individual homes so there's no issue about them not having transportation and therefore not able to attend; and
acknowledgement from the SB and CB that, even though all schools may be good, they are not equally good and do not afford equal levels of opportunities or academic experiences.

Is that a start?

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There are already set-asides for ED students in all of the elementary choice programs via VPI. Most of the rest of that seems to amount to busing.[/quote]

So it would seem busing is the ultimate solution.[/quote]

Sure, if you’re a white UMC South Arlington resident. No one else supports it.[/quote]

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