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In reply to the discussion: The busing issue is based on one unavoidable fact. [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)The high school was fully integrated already... because of busing.
In many places, busing did its purpose, and either faded away or isn't noticed. In my area, black families moved into the district to be closer to the school their children were now going to, so it had the probably inadvertent effect of eventually integrating the neighborhood too. One interesting outcome is that white families from nearby districts pay tuition to send their kids to this public school because it has a great ROTC and Voc-ed program that suburban schools lack.
There was a point where schools around here were kind of competing to get bused kids as more federal $ came with every one. Bribery really works wonders to soothe away the anger.
Kids are still being bused-- it's a big district, so they have to be transported one way or another- but now there's no need for racially-based busing because the district now is residentially integrated.
So here, at least, it worked pretty well. It was always meant to be temporary as a solution anyway.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden