Not terribly surprising that SF would use that system. It has to be the
most PC city in the US.

In our area school enrichment groups have sprung up to provide additional
funds or other enriching items to support the local schools. In higher
income areas this works very well.

I don't understand why we think that throwing more money at schools equals
better education. Better teachers (with teacher testin) and involved
parents equals better education. Here, we seem to have a fixation on
facilities and spend enormous sums on new schools. The buildings are
beautiful brick structures with incredible landscaping and cost an arm and a
leg. Of course the roofs leak at the approach of the first tropical system.
Seems to me we could provide an equal educational opportunity in a well
insulated metal structure for about 35% of the cost??

Butch
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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
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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.