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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, the person who was posting just after midnight might have been a little tipsy.  It's obviously the same person over and over again.

Second, the bus situation is very bad right now.  Some schools have 7 or 8 buses and the ES kids are still waiting for their bus at school at 4:30 b/c it's so late coming from the earlier runs.  We need to have as many kids walking as possible.[/quote]

Agree, generally. That's why those who say that we can't be serious about diversity unless we argue for an all-choice model (like Cambridge, MA) are being facetious. They know, for financial and logistical reasons alone, this will not happen. Not now. It would certainly have to be a longer process, involve many more community conversations, and would involve every level, not just middle school. It certainly can't happen within the constraints (the time frame and scope) that the School Board has set forward. So our choices are to: do nothing while the demographics of our community continue to change and disparity grows, to slowly undo previous boundaries that promoted diversity in the name of proximity (like the HS decision), or to proactively use socioeconomic diversity to inform boundary decisions at each step, balancing the desires of the community to both promote diversity and to maintain proximity. Since the two desires are often at odds, given our history, it's a tough balancing act for sure.

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