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That was the main complaint of the many Clarksburg families whose kids were bused a couple years ago.  Why did MCPS feel the need to send so many kids to schools so far from home when their neighborhoods and schools already looked like the UN?  The answer is the diversity-first boundary policy and the ideology behind it.  During the discussions in which the policy was changed, one member said the ideal mix of students was 1/3 black, 1/3 white, and 1/3 Hispanic.  And school not meeting that ideal mix will be subjected to crazy rezoning.[/quote]

"[b]So far from home[/b]." :roll:

Enough with the alternative history.

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Well, it is. Sorry that you can't handle that fact. [/quote]

No, it's not. Look at a map. In addition, now that the boundary change has actually happened, everyone affected by it seems to be handling it just fine, except for a few random anonymous posters on DCUM who can't seem to accept reality.[/quote]
A few random posters on DCUM and a group of parents who filed a lawsuit due to their kids being bused.[/quote]

That small group of parents, representing students who were ALREADY being bused, filed their lawsuit BEFORE the boundary changes went into effect. Also, they lost the lawsuit. [/quote]
They didn't lost the lawsuit as much as they were simply outspent on it with taxpayer money....can't fight city hall and such.  And what does the timing matter?  They saw the options that were presented based on a diversity-first boundary policy that was revised in a most underhanded way.  And many of those options (including the one that was chosen) bused many of their kids far from home.[/quote]

The way that area is laid out, and schools are distributed, SOMEONE was always going to have a bus ride. If those folks wanted walkable schools, there are a lot of them in East County, but they chose to live in the countryside/exurbia and that means riding the bus.

For what it is worth, the boundary study did produced at least one option that would have elicited more diversity, and it was not chosen. So much for the "Diversity First" policy. [/quote]

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