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[quote=Anonymous]IF the argument was we should bus kids from high SES schools into low SES schools and vice versa because schools in the high SES had a different curriculum, received more money for staffing, had better buildings etc then I could somehow see your logic. Although the solution would be to focus on the inequities not shuffle the kids around.)This is not your argument though. The low SES schools have significantly more staff and funds. A low SES school in the east as 12 kids to 1 teacher. In the west you have 28 K kids and 33 in 3rd grade. Many of the schools in the west are in terrible shape from a facilities standpoint. They just look pretty because parents volunteer their own time to plant flowers out front and there isn't graffiti.

Your argument is that the families of the kids in the high SES area value education more, spend money on supplementing or replacing aspects of the curriculum that are missing, support the schools more, are more active in their kids education and therefore these kids do better and they should be bussed into the lower SES schools to provide what..role models? This doesn't even work when the balance shifts where there are enough low SES students to reinforce the bad habits.

In the end the only thing you have created is the appearance of balance among the schools where half the school scores well and the other half fails. How would this help anyone other than MCPS when they file a report and show all schools are equal? It would do squat for the achievement gap. It would map Montgomery County be the least attract place in the metro area to move to for public schools. The students would be spending more time on buses than in classrooms -I guess they'll need to hook those chrome books to the back of the seats so they can watch videos while commuting.

The only equity you will create in parental support for the school is dropping it down to zero or single digit participation. If the school is near your neighborhood and in a local community parents are more able and willing to come out for an evening event, plant flowers, and participate. There is no one anyone is going to commute across the county for bingo night or to pull weeds. [/quote]

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