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and what happens when certain schools aren’t selected at all |
You're so naive. Administering a lottery system is more government involvement, not less. |
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This thread actually tops Dr. Reid’s idea that all the middle schools can handle grades 6-8.
OP can’t have this little common sense. |
They’re not “telling your kid where to go to school”. They’re setting up a distributed system of schools based loosely on population and geography. Where you choose to reside, and thus where you choose to send your kid to school, is your choice. This alternative proposal is logistical chaos. |
Look, it’s school choice, which is popular amongst conservatives. Conservatives don’t like the government telling them what to do. If it ends up being more work they will appreciate that their tax dollars are hard at work to support school choice. |
It’s overreach. The government doesn’t have the right to tell you which school you can attend when you pay taxes to the county. |
With students mixed around the county there will be less “good” and “bad” schools so this won’t be an issue. Some people closer to the currently less popular schools will still request them because they’re close to home. Others will request them because they like the admissions boost from attending a lower SES school. With time, they will even out. |
Ah, yes. You clearly have your pulse on what people believe and how they behave around here. /s |
I suspect I have a better understanding than you. |
Yes, they can. If they can’t, don’t you think someone like yourself would have challenged the system by now? Why don’t you volunteer to be the test case? |
BS Rich people won’t send their kids into a poor neighborhood and poor people will send theirs across town on two buses to get to a better neighborhood. The schools in the rich neighborhoods will end up overcrowded and the rich people will put up a stink. |
Other districts have done this, see the YouTube video from Utah. Abolish Attendance Boundaries Fairfax will advocate. |
Let them. They can deal with it or go to private. |
Couldn’t find this group’s site - do you have a link? |
Oh i see. It’s the old “I pay your salary so I get to tell you what to do” argument. Yeah, it doesn’t work that way. Never has, and never will. Best of luck though. |