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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"very very highly regarded public elementary to one of the other ones would probably pull their kids and put them in private, or move."

then they are already basically in private school.  it just comes bundled with more expensive real estate.  so unless an advocate for public education is willing to stay in such a system, regardless of how the lines are drawn, then they are not in favor of public education.  so you can't fight rezoning and say you support public schools.  not went your opposition is designed to exclude and/or limit enrollment.

This is basically a debate on what education is ... a private or public good.  It's clearly private (with a positive externality), but we don't like to admit it.

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It's not inherently private. But I agree that the way we've set it up in the US is private. School segregation is a function of residential segregation is a function of school segregation...

Though at least the county-wide school districts in Maryland (where I live) mean that all students within the county get the same financial resources, regardless of the value of their real estate, which mitigates it somewhat.[/quote]

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