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Native Arlingtonian Kenny James remembers his school days in Arlington and the effect that busing and Arlington's response to Brown v. Board of Education had on the quality of his education. Part of the Tell Arlington's Story initiative. Taped at the Multigenerational African-American Storytelling Workshop. www.arlingtonstory.us
A
I
will
tell
you
real
quick
about
schools
and
one
unique
thing
about
schools.
Growing
up
here,
I
attended,
drew
elementary
school
for
kindergarten
first
grade,
that's
around
68
to
1970,
and
my
mom
worked
there.
My
aunt
worked
there.
Many
of
my
relative,
many
of
my
neighbors
people
from
my
church
worked
at
drew
at
drew
school
well
around
1971.
They
integrated
the
school
system
for
elementary
school
kids.
So
now
my
brother
and
I,
we
went
to
Tuckahoe
elementary
school,
which
is
way
up
on
the
north
side.
A
It
was
about
45
minutes
a
45
minute
bus
ride
for
us
to
get
there
after
about
two
weeks
are
going
to
going
to
Tuckahoe.
My
parents
set
us
down
and
said
Kenny
Jimmy.
Do
you
want
to
go
back
to
Drew
and
we
were
like
for
what
and
I
not
to
say
that
we
love
dribbles
in
our
neighborhood.
We
walked
to
school
and
so
on,
but
we
were
like
mom
dead
did
have
a
brand
new
gym
media
center
playground,
log
city,
other
fields
are
immaculate.
You
know
we
don't
mind
riding
the
bus
for
45
minutes.
A
But
a
later
one
I
went
to
Williamsburg
and
Yorktown
and
I
just
want
to
say.
By
going
to
school,
there
I
think
that
helped
expose
me
to
go
into
school
in
north
arlington.
That
exposed
me
to
other
parts
of
northern
virginia
falls:
church
mcclain,
Fairfax
rest
in
Vienna,
Great
Falls.
I
was
able
to
you
know:
I've
met
friends
that
live
there
and
so
on,
and
that
was
one
of
the
great
things
I
loved
about
Arlington.
Was
the
diversity
and
being
able
to
you
know
being
exposed
to
different
things.