Durham School Reassignments (neighborhood, magnet schools, live in)

[m378]

This is crazy - taking a note out of the Wake playbook. I was counting down until I hit the word equity in the article:

https://www.wral.com/nearly-half-of-...ting/20666011/

[BoBromhal]

I suppose it was only a matter of time for Durham. All that growth, coupled with the high demand for a few schools, and eventually a great deal of angst was due.

[rfb]

I'm not opposed to the reassignment, and it has been needed for some time in Durham. I do feel bad for the parents whose children are in magnet schools losing their status and having to reapply, as well as splitting siblings between schools. One way to address the latter is to let parents move their older elementary school-aged children to the new school, though I don't know if parents and students will like that option.

[michgc]

That sounds awful! Children should not have to reapply to schools they have already started in. And siblings should be allowed to stay in school with older siblings and then finish out their tenure there.

[hey_guy]

Let's be honest Durham has a two tier schoop problem and the specialized schools have been riddled with exceptions and loop holes leveraged by those in the know .

Equalizing the local schools is the only way to right the ship because the status quo is one track for the poor and another for the privelaged

[DKEBeck88]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

Let's be honest Durham has a two tier schoop problem and the specialized schools have been riddled with exceptions and loop holes leveraged by those in the know .

Equalizing the local schools is the only way to right the ship because the status quo is one track for the poor and another for the privelaged

Correct. There isn't a single pre-k kid in the expensive preschool we send our kids who didn't win the lottery to get into the specialized DPS school of their choice.

[Sherifftruman]

Originally Posted by m378

This is crazy - taking a note out of the Wake playbook. I was counting down until I hit the word equity in the article:

https://www.wral.com/nearly-half-of-...ting/20666011/

So, you're against equity and are fine with severely different opportunity and outcomes in the same taxpayer funded school system? Awesome.

[m378]

Originally Posted by Sherifftruman

So, you're against equity and are fine with severely different opportunity and outcomes in the same taxpayer funded school system? Awesome.

I am against the disruption of children and families in an effort to create an illusion that a district is "doing all the right things".

There is enough disruption already due to increasing population, new schools, etc. Things that can't be avoided short-term.

I did not say I was against "equity", although I do think it's an impossible goal.

[ITB_OG]

Originally Posted by Cnndduj

How about apply yourself, get off the government teat, and maybe you can live in a neighborhood with decent schools. But don’t force achievers into schools with kids whose parents use the system as babysitters.
Equity is unfettered Communism. Those that disagree will be the first ones shocked at how you, too, will be discriminated against in the interest of “fairness”.

Schools are for kids though, not for parents. To argue that only kids born into a particular class deserve "decent schools" seems fundamentally un-American. We rejected the class system. Folks that still want that are on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

[ITB_OG]

Originally Posted by m378

I am against the disruption of children and families in an effort to create an illusion that a district is "doing all the right things".

There is enough disruption already due to increasing population, new schools, etc. Things that can't be avoided short-term.

I did not say I was against "equity", although I do think it's an impossible goal.

It always seems like some of the people that contributed to the increasing population by moving here are some of the most opposed to ensuring equity for the people that have been here all along.