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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]

Actually only about a third of respondents to the wildly unrepresentative survey actually went so far as to say diversity was "unimportant" to them. There are your Steve Austin supporters. [b]Guess what, Steve Austin lost. Most people do want diversity[/b].

Thanks for admitting what you mean by "busing". To you, "busing" doesn't refer to busing kids across the county, it doesn't mean busing kids particularly far, it just means changing school boundaries to reduce segregation, and you REALLY hate the idea of reducing segregation[/quote]

Actually the more likely conclusion is that the way the law is constructed, anyone can vote for any school district; so this helps to boost the Apple Ballot slate.  Remember that if everyone could only vote for At-Large and THEIR OWN Districts, there might be a better outcome than what we have now.  (And if Steve Austin ran again, yes, I would vote for him!)

I noticed that your argument is "all-or-nothing".  People want proximity over diversity, but not to say that they're necessarily against diversity - just that it shouldn't Trump proximity.  It was a cute smear attempt though.[/quote]
While I don't think anyone is against diversity, if its a choice between diversity or proximity, the boundary analysis was clear - people overwhelmingly prefer proximity. [/quote]

But of course that's not a real choice since you can have both.[/quote]
You can't because wealthy people live on one side of the county and poor people love on the other side.  The only way to achieve the "ideal mix" is via busing.[/quote]

You might want to explore the county a bit since you really don't know anything. The PP was correct. This is a false choice. [/quote]

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