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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Bussing a low income neighborhood to a higher income school doesn’t work. Every neighborhood should be attending its closest school and this is extra true for lower income areas. Transportation is a real concern in high FARMS areas because not every household has a car, or maybe they only have 1 car for the whole household with multiple adults working in different areas. So if your kid misses the bus, there’s no way for them to get to school if walking isn’t realistic (which it absolutely is not from Hagel Circle to Halley). Parents are less likely to come to school conferences or events. Kids feel disconnected from the larger school community and it creates absenteeism.[/quote]

I am not familiar with the South County area, however, every word of this is true.
I taught in a school where kids from the projects lived a greater distance than the kids in the neighborhood.  While all my students, with a couple of exceptions in that school were very poor, the ones who lived close came for conferences.  Few of those who had to ride the bus had their parents come for conferences.

It makes a huge difference for poor families to have a school close by.[/quote]

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