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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Newsflash : we do not currently and will never have a system where all children can attend the closest school to them. We currently bus many kids to school. This idea that "busing" is some new and dangerous idea is preposterous. And the idea that reducing segregation has no benefits goes against decades of research. The "anti-busing" movement is racist at its core. I know many of you have convinced yourselves you just want "neighborhood schools" but that is simply not a coherent argument.[/quote]

You're right. People are fine with busing when they feel it serves their ends. Examples are schools like Wootton with its gerrymandered boundaries where the vast majority of its students live closer to another school or families in Kensignton being bused to WJ when they're much closer to Einstein. Nobody seems to mind busing for these instances. Also, I don't believe for one instant they're will be more busing than there is now in the future. H[b]owever, I do think the boundaries are in desperate need of being updated since it's been over 40 years since this was done.[/b] I know there are people trying to fearmonger make up all kinds of crazy stuff that just isn't true. [/quote]

Here's the thing though. I agree that boundaries need to be adjusted. There are some school assignment areas that don't make any sense whatsoever; and instead of doing it piecemeal the way they do it today, they need a big one to readjust everything. But even then, families with means will just move to their desired school assignment area. THat's why they need to get rid of the magnet programs and bring them into the individual schools and allow school choice. [/quote]

Even families with means base their housing decisions on more than just GreatSchools ratings.[/quote]

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