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You just don't get it.

Moving low SES kids to a high-SES school looks good (however [b]temporarily[/b]) ON PAPER. It doesn't solve the issues facing poor communities, nor does it connect culture to culture, however you wish to define that term.

It's a simplistic and ignorant measure that doesn't have long-lasting effects.

You should hear the dispute around the boundary issues between CHS and SVHS. The conversations aren't pretty.

Again, you're looking at addressing the symptoms and not the root issues.

People in high SES areas have means, and if they believe the "system has failed them," they will go private.

Again - What's the message we're sending to kids in high-poverty schools?  You're not good enough.  So let's either send you to a white, wealthy school, or let's send in some wealthy kids (mostly white) to your school.

How is this healthy and normal?

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It's not intended to "solve the issues facing poor communities." It's intended to have schools that are less segregated and more equal in terms of capacity. And it will do that.

I am hearing the disputes around the CHS/SVHS/NW boundary study because I am part of it. All three of those schools are ALREADY diverse. Take your fear-mongering elsewhere.[/quote]

fear-mongering?

So the truth hurts?

And talk to me about "less segregated" and "more equal in terms of capacity."

Do you think the county will be making class sizes smaller?  Each year that issue comes up. The union barks; the supt says it's a priority. And guess what?  Classes of over 30 still exist. So even if you balance out enrollment, honors classes will grow for two reasons:  to allow for smaller on-level classes b/c the kids need more attention and to play a numbers game b/c an honors' designation on a transcript has more weight.   smoke and mirrors

And kids self-segregate b/c tracking still exists. You'll see the same crew of kids traveling in groups, moving from one class to the next for much of their school career.

These are band aid approaches.

My priority is rigor (high expectations) and discipline.  Unless we focus on these two issues, playing this game will amount to nothing.  nothing![/quote]

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