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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or we could just keep building schools and moving boundaries around and never address the quality of education and resources provided in the different schools.[/quote]

bingo

plus the erosion of disciplinary measures (Code of Conduct) and lack of rigor through fear-based leadership

Why deal with the root causes when we can throw money at addressing the symptoms? [/quote]

Why believe that there is only one issue, which must be addressed completely by one action?

Are the differences in educational offerings and resources between schools a problem? Yes. Will adjusting boundaries help fix those problems? Probably not much.

Are school capacities and segregation problems? Yes. Will adjusting boundaries solve those problems completely? No.

[b]Will adjusting boundaries help fix those problems? Yes.[/b][/quote]

No, I disagree.

School cultures are different. Parents with money can oftentimes "privatize" a public school through the creation of foundations, for examples.  If adjusting boundaries helped, you'd have more mixed housing units - subsidized housing - in Bethesda, Potomac, Chevy Chase, etc.

Let's say Kennedy, BCC, the new Woodward, and WJ formed a new consortium.  How often do you think kids from outside of their normal school boundary will hang out with kids at their new school?  Distance is a factor, but so is SES.  It sounds harsh, eh?  But this is the truth.

People segregate.  Walk through a high school cafeteria.  Guess who's eating in the cafeteria?  kids on FARMs

People buy homes they can afford.  These areas either draw in a sh*t ton of money or they struggle.  (The "in between" folks are shrinking.)  Schools reflect that.  So kids form friendships with those in their community. Is that bad?

point is this - Empower communities instead of implementing forced busing. 
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You are entitled to your opinions, but not your own facts.

Will adjusting boundaries so that some kids zoned for over-capacity schools are rezoned for under-capacity schools, help with capacity? Yep, it sure will.

Will adjusting boundaries so that some kids from poor families zoned for high-poverty schools are rezoned for low-poverty schools, help with reducing high-poverty schools? Yep, it sure will.[/quote]

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