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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'm all for thoughtful rezoning that improves diversity WHILE reducing busing.[/b] I'm writing this as a DCC parent. I believe neighborhood schools are a good thing.

I also believe that shuffling kids from one school to another may impact the school's test score average but will have little impact on individual students. As an early poster suggested, a better curriculum, however, will make a difference.

My concern with busing is it amounts to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Could you provide an example of a rezoning that would improve diversity and also increase the percentage of students who walk to school (or, at least, live in the walk zone)?[/quote]
Forest Oak MS is completely surrounded by a neighborhood that is bused to another MS and all the students that attend Forest Oak are bused in. There are 3 middle schools in close proximity along Midcounty/Watkins Mill, plus two others that feed three high schools that end up with a full demographic range of students. If the BOE is willing to look broadly at those three clusters, I'm sure something with more even diversity and fewer long bus rides could be worked out.[/quote]

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