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[quote=Anonymous]There is history behind this.  Back in the 70's/early 80's, the county sought to satisfy its Civil Rights obligations by instituting bussing from some of the poorest neighborhoods in the county, but only the communities that lacked the ability to prevent it from happening (meaning, lacked the money and political influence) ended up being included in these programs.  In other words, all of the high income areas avoided being subject to these programs.  That's how you end up with genius arrangements that pair schools like New Hampshire Estates with Oak View Elementary school in the name of socio economic diversity, even though both schools are attended by predominately low-income and non-English speaking students.  So they bus between two poor neighborhoods with the explanation that one is, indeed, a little poorer than the other. And thus the county's obligation to achieve diversity under the Civil Rights Act was satisfied.   It's silly and serves almost no purpose other than to highlight the different treatment received by schools and communities in the Red Zone.  And as for MCPS, they continue to defend the bussing program in these areas as effective.  It's a total joke.  [/quote]

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