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If students originally belong to other schools, then they should not be sent to your school for no apparent reasons.  "Achieving diversity in my school" is a good motivation but not a good reason (for doing so).

A good approach (not necessarily the effect one) would be advocate your school to the surrounding neighborhood and try to attract an in-flow of people from diverse background.

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Who says that students "belong" to this school vs. that school?

You seem to agree that segregated neighborhoods are not a good thing. Why do you think that segregated neighborhoods are bad but segregated schools are fine?[/quote]

If you believe the neighborhood is segregated due to various reasons - solve that. 
I do not have a problem with the current school system that schools take students in the surrounding area. Fine-tuning the school zones are fine with me. [b]Taking a significant number of students from clearly outside regions, is not fine.
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Schools are not tools for people to solve "segregated neighborhood". 
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Why not?

And why aren't schools tools for people to solve segregated schools?[/quote]

Because "segregated schools" are results of other issues.

We correct issues that are wrong (if they really are). [b]We do not correct issues that are not wrong (e.g. students going to their neighborhood schools) just to achieve something else.[/b]

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You say this as if it's set in stone.  Some schools systems allow for students to go to other schools not in their neighborhood.

Implicit in your responses, I suspect, is that you think there is something negative or aversive about allowing for some students to attend schools in higher performing neighborhoods.  So again, why [u]specifically[/u] do you oppose minority kids being allowed to attend outside their neighborhoods?[/quote]

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