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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in the Fort Hunt area and it is astounding to me to see the Waynewood/Stratford/Fort Hunt elementary school dynamic to me.

Waynewood - highly regarded elementary school with very low farms/high SES and the racial diversity is lacking (highest percentage is white). They do not bus in any kids from Route 1.

Stratford - center AAP with a medium farms percentage and mix racial diversity. Kids bussed in from all over since it is a center school.

Fort hunt - very high farms percentage/low SES/Spanish immersion school with a lot of kids bussed in from route 1.

How is it possible that waynewood has been able to not have kids bussed in from route 1? Isn’t that racial segregation? Due to this fact the housing prices in the Waynewood area significantly higher than the other areas. Please explain this to me.  [/quote]

Actually there was a time when some low-income and high-minority areas were zoned for Waynewood.  It was way back, like maybe 25 years ago at least.  I distinctly remember there was a boundary change and those areas ended up zoned for different schools, leaving Waynewood to be "Whitewood."  I remember a lot of disgruntlement over it at the time, and everyone saying that Waynewood was going to be the only all-white school in the area, but I don't remember why it was done in the first place or why it never changed back.  [/quote]

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