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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Equity should be trading in one of those many six-figured central office people in for two, maybe even three, fairly paid bus drivers.  The boundary changes in APS are about that, aren’t they?  Let’s be honest: they can’t find drivers because they don’t pay them well.  We’re over a mile from the school now, and I’m not keen on my eleven-year-old doing the walk alone.  It’s a safety issue.  There are no other kids that live near us, so I will drive her.

However, even further away are the kids in the apartments, and I know for a fact that some of their parents don’t have cars.  I’m angry for them.  All this talk about equity, and what has it gotten them?  Lots of central office staff and no busses for their kids.[/quote]

I support you OP. Spend money where it matters. Having people going around shouting equity makes no difference unless there is a direct impact on students. [/quote]

Do you have any evidence that students at the apartment building OP mentioned have higher rates of absenteeism or lower academic performance due to the distance they have to walk to school?  If not, then that’s not a great place to start addressing equity concerns. [/quote]

OP fails to consider that, if the apartment dwellers don't have cars, they're used to getting places without cars -- by taking public transit, bicycling, scootering, or even walking. I'll bet the car-less apartment dwellers are not complaining about having to walk a mile to school nearly as much as OP is.[/quote].

Ahh…yes.  The “they’re used to eating SH!!t so they’re better at it” argument.

That’s some equity right there.[/quote]

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