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Reply to "MCPS BOE petition re: making student demographics the primary factor in redistricting decisions"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am the OP of the previous "Alert" thread about busing. Thanks, I just signed the petition. [/quote] And to address some of the concerns that others may have as to my agenda - First, I am not spreading disinformation. I have been on the PTA board of my children's school for many years, and hear a lot of information that doesn't trickle down immediately to the rest of the community. I wrote one post, the OP of the Alert thread. I make no claims beyond that. Second, I believe long-distance busing has more practical disadvantages (traffic gridlock, wasted time, pollution) than advantages (diversity and closing the gap). The disadvantages will be felt immediately. The achievement gap is an incredibly complex problem that cannot be solved by one measure. Injecting exaggerations, emotions and racism into the conversation is a distraction. [/quote] Really - you think busing issues are more important than diversity and the achievement gap. I don't. [/quote] I think you underestimate hardships faced by lower income families when their assigned schools are further away. I understand you are well intentioned, but well intentioned policies can hurt the very people whom you were trying to help. Many low income families do not have cars. They take public transport or walk to school. How do you want these parents to be involved in their kids' schools if they can't get there easily? If a child is sick, and the parents have to come pick them up from school, you realize that this child will have to walk further home from school? I guess for the good of the whole county, it's worth it for these families to face a bit more hardships.[/quote] While you may actually be concerned about the "hardships faced by lower income families" - I assure you that most parents posting just want their schools to stay as white as possible. [/quote] I don't think most of these white parents care about color so much as not wanting too many lower income kids who tend take resources away from the other kids, and because they don't want their kids on longer bus rides than necessary. I'm Asian American btw, and don't live in a W cluster. I'm not sure what's best to close the achievement gap - a smaller class size that Title 1 schools get or a 30+person class size with more wealthy kids. I"m no expert in this area, but I would think lower income kids who get lost in a large class size wouldn't benefit all that much from being surrounded by a few wealthy students. I am aware of the study that shows that when a lower income student goes to school where the FARMs rate is about 25%, they do better than going to a school with a much higher FARMS rate, but given that the majority of the students on FARMs live on one side of the county, how is MCPS going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs (which reflects the total county) without long distance busing?[/quote]
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