Here in St. Lucie County Fl we were under a court order that required busing so that the schools reflected the countywide demographics on race As the city of Port St. Lucie grew this often meant that children changed schools every year to keep the balance. There was supposed to be some choice but the reality was many parents did not get their first or even second option. Little ones would sometimes have to catch the bus before 6 in the morning to be bused to the other end of the county. Even getting siblings in the same school could not be guaranteed. We were lucky that the neighborhood we lived in kept the same school zones throughout our children’s school years.
There wasn’t any violence associated with the busing. But the first year the high school was fully integrated there were riots and the National Guard was called in. Fun times.
The order was lifted some years back and economics is the new standard to make sure schools don’t become segregated again. And parents have more flexibility in school choice.
economics is the new standard to make sure schools don’t become segregated again