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So.. what is the reason?  You said it was because you didn't like the other school. Why don't you like the other school?

You keep trying to defend yourself without explaining  yourself other than the "because I said so" type argument.[/quote]

If someone says he/she does not like a school, you just assume it is because of "low income kids"? What kind of logic is this?
Putting words in other people's mouth is easy and you were doing exactly that. Even if I did not provide a reason, you could have asked. But you did not.
Why" Because it is easy to argue against the statement you created. Very convenient, right?

Actually, I did  provide a reason for that.  It is very strange that you find me "keep defending myself" (you must have read a few of my posts then?) and did not see that.
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NP confused.. so what is your reason?[/quote]

[b]Examples with discussions about the "reason": p5, 14:30, 14:38[/b]

May not be good reasons. But it is interesting to see the hypocrisy here when some posters frequently trying to re-direct discussions into their moral war on how the low income or URM groups were unfairly treated.

To the PP: Not everyone look at these aspects all the time. There are other aspects on things that people care too.
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Here's the 14:30 post:

[quote]  If they like their current school, is there anything wrong with not wanting to go to another school which appears not as good?

RESPONSE:
"Not as good", how?

For example, there seems to be a common belief that Northwest HS is "not as good" as Quince Orchard HS. In what was is Northwest HS "not as good"? The teachers are worse? The facilities are worse? The principals are worse? The tennis team/yearbook/honors chorus is worse?[/quote]

No response to above post.

Here's 14:38:
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I am not talking about bringing evidence to the court. "A common belief" is a good reason for parents to like one school and not like the other.

This is not trying to convince BoE on anything. This is simply rebutting the PP's implication that it might be morally wrong to not support the changes.
There could be better or worse choices, but there is nothing morally wrong for many parents to choose to oppose the change if they believe it will hurt them. [/quote]

I am not seeing any actual "reason" why the poster thinks the other school is not as good.  Is it supposed to be this "common belief"?  And so why is there a "common belief" that the other school isn't as good?  What is this "belief" based on?

I'm still not seeing an actual reason.  I won't put words in your mouth so I expect you to provide the "reason" why the other school is not as good.[/quote]

The PP asked " You said it was because you didn't like the other school. Why don't you like the other school? " I pointed the answer: if people think it is "not as good".

Now you want to know why "it is not as good"? Well when you look at schools, what do you look at? 
1. Information you get online, like GS, student performance.

You may not trust these, but some people do, is that something stupid? I don't think so.

2. reputation of the school from talking to other people. In that case, why is "common belief" something that one can not use as a "reason"?
For example, why can't people just be lazy and not trying to dig out more information about a school, rather he/she just chats with neighbors and hear about their "common belief"? Does that make it immoral?

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1. scores - I asked this before.  How is being around a few more lower performing kids going to make your kids dumber?   If the boundaries are changed, don't you think the FARMs rate and performance of the student body will change accordingly?  You're thinking that only your child will be going to the new school surrounded by dumber kids.  Where's the logic here?

2. reputation - what is the rep based on?  First hand knowldedge? Gossip? GS scores?  That goes back to #1 above.

For example, many  W parents think that non W schools are terrible because they have "low" test scores, and so those schools have a terrible reputation  amongst those parents, yet, many parents like those in the QO cluster will say that's not true. QO is a great school.  Right?   Example  of reputation not based on first hand knowledge but on test scores.[/quote]

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