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[quote=Anonymous]Busing is really ineffective when parents can easily opt out by moving to a neighboring school district.  There is some busing in MoCo, and I know lots of parents who have left for Arlington or private because their kids get nothing out of being bused to a high poverty school and they have lots of superior options that still work for their commute in the DC metro area.   Honestly, why would a parent choose to send their kids to a school with 80% FARMS and no special programs that's not even convenient to their house?  It's a policy that has, generally, failed nationally, and having witnessed it firsthand, I don't think you can successfully persuade the majority of parents to participate.  Not going to work.  Consequently, the high poverty schools to which those families would otherwise be bused remain and will probably forever remain high poverty schools.  Maybe if Arlington was more remotely situated busing would somehow work, but if kids start getting bused out of the schools that their parents hand-picked when they moved to Arlington, then I think you'll just see a redistribution of those families into MoCo or privates.  Busing in from higher-poverty enclaves within Arlington (but not out of the higher income areas), on the other hand, might be more politically feasible, but crowding concerns would probably kill a lopsided proposal like that pretty quickly.  I, personally, have found it very instructive to witness a community and its resistance to busing.  Until you've seen it in action,  and the ferocity of the resistance, it may be difficult to appreciate how busing is not the answer.  You need to incentivize participation, not make it mandatory.[/quote]

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