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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Redrawing boundaries and bussing are impractical and costly. Please don't assume that minorities would be eager for their kids to spend hours on a bus each day. Heck, I know parents who bailed on the HGCs and magnet programs because the bus commute was too taxing on the kids. Plus, it's tough to have friends when you don't live in the same area (after school play dates aren't practical, kids typically aren't on the same teams, etc.).

And new housing policies aren't going to fix the current situation. The mpdu program and zoning laws are helpful...but only for set asides for new developments. [b]Expecting tons of new construction in the wealthier areas? Not so much.[/b] And let's pretend we could magically steer every family with a new housing voucher to Bethesda or Potomac...would that make an impact? Not so much. First of all, they aren't even putting names on the housing voucher list anymore (no new vouchers). And many voucher holders are elderly and/or disabled adults...not families. [/quote]

Actually, yes, if the zoning laws got rewritten properly. Why not? They're nice places to live. Demand exceeds supply. Accessory apartments would also go over well.

I'm also not sure why it would be the poor kids who would have to spend hours on a bus each day. Why couldn't the rich kids spend hours on a bus each day? Why couldn't some rich kids and some poor kids spend hours on a bus each day? But, in any case, as a middle-class white person, I am certainly not qualified to say what poor minority parents would or would not be willing to do -- and unless you're a poor minority parent, you're not either.[/quote]

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