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I will try to say this as clearly as I can, for the benefit of others who may actually be interested. If a student does not live within the walk zone of any school, then they will ride a bus. This is the case for tens of thousands of students. Many of these students' neighborhoods without a closeby school are comparably distant from two or three schools to which they could reasonably ride a bus. When determining which of these non-walkable but also not-far schools a neighborhood should attend, MCPS looks at demographic characteristics so that the adjacent schools can have similarly diverse student bodies, when possible.[/quote]
Thank you for finally agreeing that MCPS will race-balance schools with busing.  Now what are we going to do about it?  Because 90% of the people in the county value their closest school and don't value diversity very much. The BOE got it exactly wrong when they prioritized diversity in the boundary policy.[/quote]

I would love to see a real statistically sound survey asking about the above scenario, which is what has been happening in the past several studies. I bet most people would be in favor of continuing the practice as described.[/quote]

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