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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]What are you pro-busing folks actually hoping to accomplish?[/b]

Is the goal diversity in schools as an end to itself?

So you think LES kids will get a better education if mixed in with wealthier kids?

Do you think wealthier kids need the "reality check" of a more diverse -- economically and racially -- school?

Does it just bother you on some gut level that there is a disparity of income in MoCo?

Genuine question.[/quote]

[b]MCPS is ALREADY busing for socioeconomic diversity[/b]. This is something that MCPS is ALREADY doing. MCPS is doing that, right now.

And yes, it's a well-established fact that poor kids do better in low-poverty schools than in high-poverty schools.[/quote]

Really?  Where are they busing the kids from for SES diversity to Wootton or Churchill?

There was a thread a while back about busing, and some parent (a mom I'm guessing) said that she thought it was a bad idea because her Larla has been expecting a really expensive grand prom, and if they bused her to a poorer school then she would get her dreams crushed.  And also, for the the lower ses kid, that kid might feel left out in the higher ses school because the kid can't afford the expensive first cars, lavish vacations, designer clothes, etc...  And yes, the poster got flamed.   But there are people out there that do think this way.  Scary.[/quote]

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