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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And I'm assuming that you don't support his proposed solution of boundary changes for better demographic and economic integration -- or do you? [/quote]

I don't see why that option shouldn't be on the table.  But it may be more politically possible in the form of choice versus "forced" busing.

There are currently some boundaries drawn that in effect already act to integrate in this way.  Check out the BCC cluster boundaries.[/quote]

Yeah, and my kids go to one of the diverse schools in the BCC cluster and half of the white families in the neighborhood won't send their kids to the school because there are too many poor and minority students.  I think his article had some great points and his solution is a nice idea, but totally unrealistic. [b]The minute you start changing the boundaries is the minute white people flee MoCo.  Sad but true[/b].[/quote]

This.  There is surely a reason that my kids' private school has many $$ kids IB for rosemary hills but almost no same-$$ kids IB for Westbrook or bradley hills. [/quote]

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