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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS has nothing to do with housing. You don't like the huge FARMS rates at certain schools? Go advocate to the County Board that you want to see affordable housing around Jamestown and Tuckahoe.

Alternatively, go advocate in front of APS that you want forced busing to equalize FARMS rates across schools.

People love to complain about this issue, but they're unwilling to actually do anything about it.

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Yup, and then try to convince the brown FARMS families at Randolph that they will be better off bused to Jamestown. They don't want to leave their neighborhood either.

[b]The people who complain about high FARMS rates are the white UMC families in those schools in SA[/b]. They moved to those zip codes to get a bigger house for less $, but then once there they do not want their white UMC kids in a school with lots of brown kids and high FARMS. You don't usually hear the FARMS families complaining. [/quote]

Of course - what reason do you white folks in extreme low poverty schools have to complain?
However, you are mistaken about the housing purchases. South Arlington has a much fuller range of incomes than the far north of Arlington. It isn't FRL or 1%ers. It's heavy in the middle. So not everyone who isn't FRL in south Arlington could afford a house in north Arlington. There are other reasons to buy a house in south Arlington, too.

As to the PP's comment about "brown FARMS" from Randolph not wanting to bus to Jamestown.....you are a stunning example as to why the conversations about increasing diversity across the system never goes anywhere. That isn't the only solution. Try being at least a little creative.[/quote]

+1 all I hear are obstacles from people saying why nothing can be done about uneven FRL across Arlington. I’m the original poster from however many months (year?) back asking why we can’t spreadload the % across the schools better. Good lord, the pushback was instantaneous. All I got from those responses is a clear indication people are against change for a variety of reasons. At this point it seems 100% futile. Only a legal challenge would force anyone to do anything. How dumb. My future kids aren’t even in this school system yet and I’ve already given up on Arlington public schools. Way to go county! [/quote]

Very few parents want to send their Kindergartener on 45+ minute bus ride everyday.

Very few parents want to make the same trek themselves to pick up their kids at Extended Day.

Would love to hear ideas, but until we can spread SES across the county, any school solutions will involve long bus rides and long treks for parents to pick up. 
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