This bussing happened in Alexandria, VA in the 70’s. My parents rented in the west end (better schools) just so I go to them. They couldn’t afford to buy there. Then they bussed half of the mostly black kids from downtown to the west end and vice versa.
Result? Race riots on a daily basis. Police there everyday. Newspapers, TV etc. I got shipped to a private military acadamy because I couldn’t walk home without trouble. You were scared to leave the school.
Property values in the west end went down big time.
Because of busing in Charlotte, NC, I went to four schools in six years. I have no use for people who jerk kids lives around like that. We have been very happy home schoolers, not letting the government dictate to us where our kids have to go and who they have to associate with. Funny thing is, I see much more racism in the government schooled kids we know that in the home schoolers we know.
I had the same experience in PG County, MD as a child. My kids are in private school here in Wake County and I will eat rice and potatoes to keep them out of WCPS. My daughter is a junior this year, one more year and we are done. Really chaps my hide that I pay taxes for schools that I get no benefit from plus I pay private school tuition.