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But I saw a sense of community and the necessity of mingling with, and getting to know everyone else as one outcome of "school".

I don't know about the rest of the country but here, the schools have done a pretty good job of destroying the sense of community. Every year the school board changes school assignments to "close the achievement gap." The way they shuttle those kids around every year, it's a wonder if they have school friends at all. (I get an earful from disgruntled parents every year)

Also...this story from an ex-public school teacher...at the high school his daughter went to one of the athletic teams was in the state finals (girl's soccer, I believe). Do you think the student body turned up to support the team? No way. Just (some of) the kids' parents were there. How's that for community?

I fully agree with you on bussing, and monkeying around with district boundaries to aritificially create the right "mix". It is one of the things that everyone should complain about, because it is a winnable argument. But we can't complain if we bug out.

A lot of the problems could be fixed by re-introducing a conservative argument into the discussion... If we are missing because we have long-ago abandoned it, these things are bound to happen.

No one has ever liked girl's sports. They throw (kick) like girls. hehehehe