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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county[/quote]

No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.

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Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing. [/quote]

You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?[/quote]

Just to be clear. I get why they're doing it but I completely disagree with their solution. This a housing issue. [/quote]

It is a housing issue. It is ALSO a school issue.[/quote]

Well, it goes like this.. One buys or rents a house they can afford. If the only places that have homes for the poor are at a handful of neighborhoods, then that's where most of the poor will go. If you want to stop this trend then build affordable housing for the poor in more neighborhoods. Why should children have to suffer long bus rides as a result of years of faulty housing policy? [/quote]

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