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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who think that social justice is the main factor that should be driving school boundaries should not just call others racist who prioritize other factors such as proximity, alignment and efficiency.

It was also interesting to hear from a dad last night who lives in the Yorktown Island. He mentioned that a lot of the socioeconomic diversity of those planning units had changed due to lower income residents being priced out, and he wondered why it should stay the same when his house was only  a little more than 1 mile from WL.  He said the kids who live there and don't do sports come home and then are isolated from the rest of their classmates at Yorktown.  Obviously, he sees value in proximity and contiguity.

I was watching the 10/6 SB meeting the other night, where one N. Arlington mom whose daughter goes to Yorktown bemoaned the fact that her school wasn't diverse.  Well, there is always the option of requesting a transfer to Wakefield.  Why should other kids be bused across town just so that mom can feel less guilty about the fact that they chose to live in a mostly white school boundary?  I think the African American SB member alluded to that when he made a comment at another prior SB meeting that not everyone wanted to be bused.  (And before anyone cry racist b/c I don't know his name, I don't know the other SB members' names either.  My kids have not started K yet.).

Finally, if you watched the meeting last night, you probably heard that there isn't priority over one factor.  They asked everyone to provide their thoughts on how to rebalance the schools.  [/quote]

I live on the Yorktown island and would love to see it zoned over to W-L purely for proximity reasons. We're 10+ years out from high school, so maybe it will happen by the time we get there. A lot can change in 10 years, hopefully including a 4th high school.[/quote]

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