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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For most sane parents, this is an entirely financial debate because none of us would ever consider actually sending our children to failing schools if rezoned.  It would just be expensive to move, that's all.

I hope the BOE understands that it can change boundaries, but [b]it will never get our kids[/b].[/quote]

You keep saying that. Who's we, and how will the BoE get whoever-we-are's kids?[/quote]

My child is not a social experiment.
My child is not a full-time tutor.
My child is not a stairstep as the education politicians look for a promotion.
My family will not play your game.

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If you live in a highly segregated neighborhood near an integrated neighborhood, your child is ALREADY a social experiement. Just an experiment that began before you bought your house, and one based ondecades of housing and education policy. [/quote]

No.  The majority of families along boundaries of highly achieving schools sacrificed to prioritize the education of their children.  These are first generation immigrant families, single mothers, and families hit by adversity.  All are doing the best they can.

You may the power to take their savings and their dreams, but do not for a minute think that you have the moral high ground.

You don't.[/quote]

Whether people sacrificed to live in a highly segregated neighborhood or not - the point remains that these school boundaries were not handed down by G-d. They were created by human beings, at some point in the past, and can and should be changed to reflect new realities in terms of overcrowding and underutilization of school facilities.

They should also be changed because segregated schools are indefensible. They were indefensible in 1954, and in 1971, and they are indefensible now. [/quote]

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