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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is sad. Instead of lumping socio-economically similiarly situated schools together to form consortia, why not make school-choice county-wide? Obviously there would be push-back from parents in the desirable (high property value) areas. Conversely, I wonder if as people like myself who are educated but just starting out, who buy in less affluent areas because we can't afford Bethesda, Chevy Chase or the like, will cause the demographics of schools in the down-county and northeast to change, or if the majority of such people will just opt to go private or move to a different area as their kids get older? I'm all for diversity, socio-economic as well as racial, but I know that my local elementary school completely lacks both since it is heavily low-income and Hispanic, which doesn't entirely match the neighborhood demographics (and therefore leads me to believe that lots of families currently go private). I don't see why people living in wealthy areas wouldn't value diversity in their kids' schools the same way that I value it in my kids' school, however achieved. I know people hate busing, but I was bused for certain grades as a kid, from a majority white, relatively affluent suburb to the inner city, and I don't recall an outcry by the suburban parents, or parents pulling their kids from the school. Most people did it, it wasn't a big deal, you still went to school with kids from your neighborhood, and you met kids you probably wouldn't have met otherwise. [/quote]

I am hopeful that in down-county and northeast, change is coming.  I don't think there are enough private schools to absorb all children that have moved in who might have the means to attend private school.

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