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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way, talking about "cutting ALL DIVERSITY" is playing the boogeyman here. Unless by diversity you mean black. Because that's all the diversity that comes from Shephard Park and Colonial Village (again, same website). I'm not trying to say black-white diversity is worthless. But making all diversity only a matter of black or white is short-sighted to an almost unimaginable degree.

Regardless, this is stupid. Many people want diversity but they are unwilling to sacrifice the education of their children for the sake of some stupid quotas. If it's ever a matter of preparation for later academic success versus greater exposure to more cultures, I don't think you get to even finish the question before you receive an answer. (Yes, I acknowledge that diversity can help provide "life skills," but value is determined at the margin, and the marginal benefit is probably quite small.) [/quote]

No worries darling, you're not going to sacrifice your kid's education by keeping the black kids that are currently there via IB.  Chances are they are on par with your little one.[/quote]

You're an ignorant know-nothing. What's my ethnicity?

I couldn't care less about the race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc., of the children attending school with my children. I care about whether they're prepared.

But this is not about that. Not in the least. What you don't understand is that adjusting boundaries is not about getting the blacks kids out of my school. Until you realize that this is not the ulterior motive lurking just beneath the surface, you will have nothing of substance to contribute to the conversation.

This is about resolving the problem that there are too many students going to Deal and (maybe) Wilson. Something needs to be done. From my vantage point, the only feasible solutions are to do something with OOB students and adjust feeder rights at the farthest schools. This suggests, to me, that EOTP schools and Eaton should be first on the chopping block. Next comes Hearst. If that still doesn't solve the problem, I think Janney would be the next to go, based purely on a logistical calculation. The distance from Janney to the next MS is less than from Murch or Lafayette. THERE IS NO WAY ANY OF THIS IS RELEVANT, SO DON'T BOTHER GETTING YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH THAT JANNEY MAY BE CUT. IT WILL NOT. NO CHANCE. I'm just explaining how I'd approach the problem. [/quote]

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