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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds to me like the BOE doesn't have a clue as to why certain schools are underperforming, so they think if they just shuffle the deck, the problem will disappear.  Our schools are already quite diverse. The BOE needs to figure out how to raise up the underperfroming schools, not how to knock down the better schools to their level.[/quote]

BOE cannot figure it out because it is not possible to raise those schools. 
It is possible to raise individual students, but sometimes they are the wrong demographic, and there is no interest right now to so that .

I think overall property values will be OK because the entire region is going to try the shuffling approach.  It won't do a bit of good for the troubled students, sadly, but since there is no safe place school-wise for the middle class to go, values will become more dependent on commutes.  Places not vulnerable to redistricting are already expensive and will rise nicely, but they are already outside most budgets.

I do predict the rise of a good, academically rigorous 15k-20k private schools with large class sizes for disciplined children and a merit-based entrance exam.   The middle class can afford that kind of tuition, and will spend it rather than attend Neelesville equivalents.[/quote]

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