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....[b]We should also keep in mind that these recommendations are, at least, informed by school Principals. Say what you will about Central Administration, but if the school Principals are saying it would be better for their students to be bused to a slightly further diverse school rather than walk to a more convenient but highly segregated one, maybe, just maybe, they have good reasons for their thinking and advocacy. Most of the Principals and administrators have worked at multiple schools within APS. They know what's working and what is not. [/b]Certainly they know more about how to ensure every child receives an equitable education within APS than do competing groups of myopic and self-interested parents.

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great post. bravo![/quote]

[b]Except that's not what the staff was asking the principals about,[/b] they were asking the principals what their student populations would need if they were to be bused elsewhere. It's a subtle, but huge, distinction.[/quote]

Okay, well even if we believe that staff has some super secret agenda, do we think staff is doing this for sh**s and giggles? Because they are bored and don't have enough to do? 
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No, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that there is a difference between asking the principals "What do you think is in the best interest of your students?" and "If we turn this into a choice school location, is there anything you think we should consider about where to transfer the students?" Based on my conversation with our principal, it sounds like the conversation was about the latter with little interest in the former. And why would they ask the former anyway? It's not like any good principal is going to say their school community should be broken up and spread across other communities.[/quote]

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