School Boundaries

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you attend board meetings? Watch them online? Clearly not because the Board DID address this, and said there would not be massive busing across the county. So they adjust the boundaries a little bit at the edges. Not enough to make a fuss about!

Many people have said this multiple times on this forum. Too many people listening to voices in their head, or gossiping neighbors who like to stir the pot and cause trouble.

That's just what they said to get the new rule through the board, but now that it's a matter of policy, it's really just a matter of time until the diversity busing begins.

As a parent whose children go to one of the most diverse schools in the county, busing is a waste of resources. The notion that there are good and bad schools is largely a fallacy. The county would be better served by minimizing busing even by adjusting current boundaries and redirect those monies to schools by providing smaller classes and more support like teacher's aids.

Good news -- there isn't going to be diversity busing. So make sure your other suggestions are heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you attend board meetings? Watch them online? Clearly not because the Board DID address this, and said there would not be massive busing across the county. So they adjust the boundaries a little bit at the edges. Not enough to make a fuss about!

Many people have said this multiple times on this forum. Too many people listening to voices in their head, or gossiping neighbors who like to stir the pot and cause trouble.

That's just what they said to get the new rule through the board, but now that it's a matter of policy, it's really just a matter of time until the diversity busing begins.

As a parent whose children go to one of the most diverse schools in the county, busing is a waste of resources. The notion that there are good and bad schools is largely a fallacy. The county would be better served by minimizing busing even by adjusting current boundaries and redirect those monies to schools by providing smaller classes and more support like teacher's aids.

Good news -- there isn't going to be diversity busing. So make sure your other suggestions are heard.

If the BOE can tweak existing boundaries to reduce busing costs while improving diversity though I'm all for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you attend board meetings? Watch them online? Clearly not because the Board DID address this, and said there would not be massive busing across the county. So they adjust the boundaries a little bit at the edges. Not enough to make a fuss about!

Many people have said this multiple times on this forum. Too many people listening to voices in their head, or gossiping neighbors who like to stir the pot and cause trouble.

That's just what they said to get the new rule through the board, but now that it's a matter of policy, it's really just a matter of time until the diversity busing begins.

As a parent whose children go to one of the most diverse schools in the county, busing is a waste of resources. The notion that there are good and bad schools is largely a fallacy. The county would be better served by minimizing busing even by adjusting current boundaries and redirect those monies to schools by providing smaller classes and more support like teacher's aids.

Good news -- there isn't going to be diversity busing. So make sure your other suggestions are heard.

If the BOE can tweak existing boundaries to reduce busing costs while improving diversity though I'm all for it.

agree.