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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People want to be with their own kind- whether that be color, religion, SES level, etc... There is nothing wrong with that and the board needs to acknowledge that. Nobody wants to be the only "put whatever you want here" at a school or drastic minority. That includes hispanics and blacks and whites. People need to stop calling everyone who says this a racist.

That doesn't mean that there can't be some redistricting to neighboring schools to help balance the numbers, but nobody should need to be bussed just due to balancing race as there are so many other factors.[/quote]

So you are good with "separate but equal"?[/quote]

I have a kid in a sped program that is biased  halfway across the county. Not only is the bus ride miserable for him, but I can’t go to any evening activities, participate in the PTA, or allow him to have playdates without planning for the extra time. He also can’t participate in the same sports leagues because practices are too far away. and this school is technically only 4 miles away but with traffic...

So, At this point I am better with separate but equal and having neighborhood schools. Schools can’t solve everything. They are for educating children. They need to keep with that focus and let the county figure out ways to make this county less segregated. Nobody is going to argue that the county is not, I just don’t feel it is the schools responsibility to fix it. In addition, it’s hardly equal- schools with lower ses have way more- smaller classes, focus teachers, free breakfast, etc...  
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