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1. scores - I asked this before.  How is being around a few more lower performing kids going to make your kids dumber?   If the boundaries are changed, don't you think the FARMs rate and performance of the student body will change accordingly?  You're thinking that only your child will be going to the new school surrounded by dumber kids.  Where's the logic here?

2. reputation - what is the rep based on?  First hand knowldedge? Gossip? GS scores?  That goes back to #1 above.

For example, many  W parents think that non W schools are terrible because they have "low" test scores, and so those schools have a terrible reputation  amongst those parents, yet, many parents like those in the QO cluster will say that's not true. QO is a great school.  Right?   Example  of reputation not based on first hand knowledge but on test scores.[/quote]

These are not immoral reasons and I am just pointing these out against some hypocrisy from people who define "not willing to ..." as immoral.
Whether these are good reasons that can convince you (so that you could support their objectives) or BoE, is an entirely different issue - which I have no intention to do.
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The thing that people need to think about is WHY are these schools underperforming?  I say it is the parents.  The kids get no support from parents who do not put a high priority on education.  The reason the W schools are so successful is because the kids have strong family support.  By the way, it has nothing to do with money.  I am sure there are some successful kids at these poorer performing schools who have parental support.  Look at the Asian population.  Many of them can't really afford to live in the W neighborhoods and buy the cheapest, smallest homes they can and cram multi generations into those homes.  They are hyper focused on getting ahead through education.  This is why they are successful.  The parents of the kids in the schools that are failing are the exact opposite.  Many just have no clue or don't care.  Some don't have time because of multiple jobs.  But what happens is that these kids get swallowed up by a culture of mediocrity and consider that normal and fine.  Moving these kids with poor family life/parenting to a W school won't change a thing because public schools are not required to parent in addition to educating.
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