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[b]It's so strange to me that parents in high income schools would have a problem with a relatively small percentage of kids from a "poorer" area attending their school[/b]. No one is really going to flee Bethesda because a small percentage of the school population comes from outside Bethesda. Anyway, the reality at these poorer schools is that there is a decent amount of children from educated, upper middle class families who are zoned for those schools, but who attend private/parochial instead. So in a busing scenario based on school zones, I'm willing to bet there would be a fair amount of middle class kids included. Besides the fact that the perception that kids from low income families are somehow automatically trouble makers or a drain on resources is kind of bs. I think the problem is the critical mass of low income kids at some schools and high income kids at other schools. All to protect inflated property values? Everyone benefits from diversity. [/quote]

I'm guessing you haven't experienced the outrage when somebody proposes putting "workforce housing" in a Bethesda/Potomac neighborhood.[/quote]

No, I'm one of those upper-middle class Wheaton residents  :) [/quote]

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