"Butch Davis" wrote in message
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Many school attendance zones are based upon proximity to the school.
Newer developed areas often have newer schools and a certain income level
is required to afford to live in those areas. Older, less popular areas
often require less income for housing, eh?
Perhaps this will result in another Supreme Court decision and new busing
requirements to level the playing field? After all, we can't have
economic segregation, can we?
Butch
"basskisser" wrote in message
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wrote:
My kids were apalled
and amazed at such redneckism, I think they lead a much more sheltered
life than I did since they go to upper income schools whereas I went to
the worst local schools.
Do they really sort who goes to what public school in your area by
income??
Students in San Francisco attend public schools based on a lottery. So a
kid living next to a great school can end up going to a crappy school in
some other neighborhood. This is to level the playing field. Ultimately,
families who can afford to send their kids to private schools do so if they
didn't win the public school lottery. I don't know how widespread this
practice is throughout the state or nationwide. In my town north of San
Francisco we bought our house based on the elementary and middle schools our
kids would attend; our school district places students based on address, not
lottery.