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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a township district that had an optional, elective bussing program: inner city kids could go to suburban schools with capacity, can suburban kids could go to specialty schools downtown, IF they elected.  A Small taxpayer funded bus provided curbside pickups and drop offs, for the 40+ minute drive.

Sadly, I never saw the inner city kids’ parents at anything, even their own kids’ basketball, football games, track meets, or band concerts. Most had to catch the 2:50pm bus back or they were stuck with 90 minutes of city busses.

No community feeling there.

It was a school within a school as everyone hung out “with their own people.” Large Chinese and Vietnamese population too.

I also heard the N word on a daily basis, from the blacks. This was in the 1990a. Maybe no one says that word any longer. [/quote]

The difference is those parents had to work and didn't have flexibility to take off.  [/quote]

No. It was time and logistics of driving in rush hour at 5pm. Remember, these were inner city moms or parents who ELECTED to be bussed to suburb schools with capacity. And they didn’t show up. Imagine if they didn’t have white collar jobs or filled out an application and decided as a family to get bussed?  Really uninvolved.

Likewise, My spouse and I wouldn’t do our 5pm commute and then turn around and go one way to Kid As half done game and the other way to Kid B’s activity at the other school. What a $hit$how!!

[b]We’ll be moving. We have lots of job options elsewhere, no need for this difficulty and nonsense in our lives or our children’s lives. [/quote][/b]

+1000. [/quote]

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