We had metco kids in my high school, too. I do recall some incidences of violence. The problem with Metco is that it doesn’t fully reimburse the host towns for the per pupil cost. I noticed with most of the kids that were bused to my town didn’t really want to be there.
This was a funny article about Libs caught in their own little hell. The two public school teachers whose kid is repeatedly bitten by a “special needs” student. “I don’t blame anyone, their hands are tied”.
The reflexive move to zone themselves out of the problem. The liberal insistence that dumping more money into the problem will fix it. The special categories “best urban school” that libs use to convince themselves that bad is good.
Anyone with a brain and the opportunity to would not subject children to inner-city public schools. Middle class libs have the opportunity, but not the brains.