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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For real though — why should low income and ELs get preferential treatment when it comes to attending choice schools? [/quote]

I don’t understand this either. If all APS schools are good why do certain groups get a preference? It should be a lottery for all. [/quote]
Right now HB is whiter and richer than APS schools overall   That's a bad look.  Reeks of privilege hoarding.

I suspect that APS should take another look at hub bus stops in disadvantaged communities and make sure we're not hindering students from accessing option programs.  There was a big stink from the Hispanic community during the pandemic about how inconvenient the hub bus stops were in their neighborhoods and it's not clear that problem was ever resolved.  [/quote]

HB has failed to solve its rich and white problem for 40 years.   I can’t believe we are still discussing this.  Nothing has worked because the voices that support the program don’t actually want it to reflect APS as a whole. [/quote]

Okay, now I’m confused. No one who supports HB has said that they don’t want it to be more diverse, that they want to make it harder for diverse populations to apply to the lottery, etc. I get it that you don’t like the distribution there, but what specific evidence do you have for your comment that HB supporters don’t want the school to reflect APS as a whole? If you want to have a discussion where you don’t look like a reflexive knee-jerk HB hater, you need to have some basis for your arguments. [/quote]

Questions: How to try to make HB more reflective of APS as a whole?

Their Answer: Nothing can be done, they just don’t want to come. Too bad so sad. 
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And which part of that answer is inaccurate? Do you want them to draft kids who don't want to come?[/quote]

The problem is that a lot of kids want to come. The waitlist doesn't lie. That and whoever does come is primarily white and wealthy. They get the spoils.

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