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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep it clean folks. Be kind. There’s a long time between now and when this goes into effect - 3 years.  Plenary of time to sort things out.[/quote]

Predatory capitalism is not something that can be "sorted out". It is immoral. It needs to be outright rejected. It is fundamentally undemocratic to say we cannot discuss how to draw boundaries for public schools because you are worried about your property values.[/quote]

Predatory capitalism?  I mean this isn’t exactly Wall Street of the 1980s. Lot of extremist talk here. [/quote]

You are right, I am describing people who don't want to discuss school boundaries as extremist. They want to make sure they keep all the spoils of our racist system including making sure a brand new school does not have too many low income kids..That is predatory.[/quote]

But they do and are discussing it?  [/quote]

Nah, I think many of us are fine with some modest changes to the boundaries that include some low income kids moving to a brand new school as well as within the other clusters. Many of us are not interested in multiple islands or pockets all over the county rearranged and recombined to fulfill a diversity score goal. That's not even considering the attending costs of congestion, increased busing, and lack of cohesion between neighborhoods that are not in any way part of the same community. Some ideological folks are more interested in maximizing diversity and FARMs evenly across schools even if it's to the detriment of the kids attending, and putting aside the resentment it engenders among the affluent schools accepting them. And let's be clear, doing so won't necessarily raise the scores of kids that are failing. In fact, it could lead to higher absenteeism rates due to length of the bus rides. Finally, it's not the school board's job to engage in social engineering or ensure equality of outcomes because that's just not possible. [/quote]

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