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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]
Then look at the study they did for Bayard Rustin.  They proposed to move Twinbrook kids to Richie Park and vice versa.  Everyone went nuts but especially Twinbrook parents.  So the BOE didn't do it.  That was before diversity was made the top priority in the boundary policy.  If that study was performed today most likely the BOE would have ignored the will of the people involved and bused all those kids.[/quote]

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