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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like SO MUCH BUSING. [/quote]

Yes. This is essentially a new form of ‘bus-in, bus-out,’ presented under the guise of regional programs.[/quote]

This, lets gets some rich kids out of their enclave and get a some seats for poor kids to swap and the we will sprinkle the best classes where they need the biggest shifts. The Magnets are the same pretense but are not scalable due to costs.  But there will still be poor schools in the east and rich schools in the west due to it will only ever be the top students hunting top classes where 75% of kids will take the shortest trip to school. Sure the SAT scores will equalize a tad compare to the chasm that exists today from say a Whitman to the DCC schools but that's paper equity. Poor Kids will still fail at the same rate and rich kids will still do rich kid stuff but Sally won't be quite as embarrassed at her BBQ in Kensington when she says her kids are zoned for Einstein. Bussing across the county for a rigorous class isn't the type of thing the avg poor kid can and will do, some sure but in practice will be gobbled up by the Middle class kids who live zoned for poor schools just like the current "gifted" and immersion programs do.  [/quote]

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