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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at a meeting with Barbara Kanninen and she said there wasn’t a penny to add to any more buses. She said it would not happen. Walkability is their number one priority.

It was very clear to me she was not concerned about diversity.[/quote]

She's never been interested in diversity, let alone concerned about it.  Transportation budget is yet another convenient argument for her and the SB to do nothing about the gross economic disparities.[/quote]

Diversity is not the schools job [/quote]

Academic performance is the school’s job. Concentrated poverty has lead to several underperforming schools, with unimproved outcomes for more than a couple of decades. APS needs to be held accountable [/quote]

Prove to me that eliminating teachers in favor of additional bus routes will fix this issue.  This is a zero-sum issue.  The money needs to come from somewhere.  What are you willing to sacrifice?[/quote]
Class sizes in better performing schools.[/quote]

You are getting the relationship backwards. Better-performing schools are able to achieve that despite larger class sizes because fewer students face significant hurdles that require greater teacher time/attention. Put more students with significant hurdles into those classes with the same student-teacher ratios won’t get them the attention they need, so the kids who don’t need extra attention will continue to do well while those who do it need it will struggle.[/quote]

You misunderstand me. The schools that don’t have to ability to accepted more ED students ( due to locations) can have much larger class sizes. Say, 30-32 kids per class. [/quote]

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