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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I still think not studying this is so short sighted. At least throw some analytical data behind it, do some polls of different populations, put together a cost benefit analysis. [/quote]

Another +1 that this has been done, repeatedly.  Surveys have overwhelmingly shown, especially at the elementary level, that the vast majority of parents of all races and SES levels value neighborhood schools over diversity.  Studies have been done, analysis is there.  Transportation costs are high, and almost no one is in favor of what it would entail to make it happen.

County policy, both decades ago and even now as they approve more and more AH, concentrates poverty.  The only way for APS to overcome that is essentially via a lottery system, since you can't draw boundaries that balance across the system.  This idea has been floated many times over the last 15yrs and is shot down every single time.

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And yet a thoughtful lottery system involving ranked choices of schools and a formula of FRL%, ELL, other factors is, ironically, the most equitable approach.  Nobody is guaranteed their closest school. Everybody gets comparable learning and social environments and access to similar PTA and other school community resources.

People like what they have and  don't like change.  Other jurisdictions prioritize socioeconomic diversity and opportunity for all and follow admissions policies that facilitate that.  And people manage to survive.[/quote]

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