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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP there's also the OOB factor. We considered a hearst-zoned school, but while we have no issue with the diversity or the student population there, Hearst is 88% OOB, which really makes it not a neighborhood school.

To me being able to walk to friends' houses, play in the alley with school buddies etc. is really important. It helps build the sense of community as well.

Hearst's figures suggest that won't happen.[/quote]

Yes, I have heard this argument. If your children end up going to a private school this is also the case so this is a silly argument. In the end, you don't like the OOB kids because they are different. The subtext of the "neighborhood argument" is one of racism/classism.[/quote]

I am in inbound Hearst family and I don't think this is quite fair.  There's nothing wrong with wanting more friends in the neighborhood and it has nothing to do with race or class.  Just proximity and convenience.  It didn't stop me from going to the school, but that doesn't mean it's racist of me to try to encourage more local families to go to Hearst.[/quote]

There is nothing wrong with wanting more neighborhood friends, completely agree. My issue is with the people inbounds for Hearst who dismiss it based on the "neighborhood argument" then turn around and send their children to private school. It's like: What happen to the neighborhood argument? A private school isn't based on neighborhood boundaries. This is where the neighborhood argument is really just a subtext for racism/classism.[/quote]

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