[RobertClark]

I have been watching this unfold, first-hand, for years. It comes down to one thing: Money.

The Pulaski County Special School District is a joke - just taken over by the state for fiscal mismanagement (why it took this long is beyond me). The bussing of students to insure racial percentages has created nothing more than a complete failure to educate students. The flight out of Little Rock is breathtaking, and the surrounding communities are reaping the growth.

[decimon]

I have been watching this unfold, first-hand, for years. It comes down to one thing: Money.

Money being the incentive for not achieving anything. Typical of government programs, if the ostensible purpose of the program were realized then the program would have to end. Can't have that.

[traditional1]

" The bussing of students "

My motto was "Boating, not bussing...", and had that been the rule instead, we would have inner-cities today that would be habitable.

[hinckley buzzard]

I am surprised to hear that coerced bussing is still even used anywhere. It was imposed by one of these psychopath judges in Cleveland about thirty-forty years ago, and it destroyed the city's population base. Anyone with kids who could afford it, Black, White or in between, fled the city like the plague. Now Cleveland perennially competes for the "poorest city" title. Didn't used to.

[Don W]

YOU have many valid points, all of which are made less by poor use of words.

“bussing” is lots of kisses, or in electrical terms the use of LARGE plates to distribute big loads of amps and volts.

“Busing” is the forced movement of (usually white) students into (usually black) schools.

“Insuring” something means that you have found an underwriter to pay “damages” if your proposal/idea/car crash either DOESN’T or DOES happen, depending on the circumstances.
“Ensuring” something is simply making sure what you say will happen, DOES.

Big difference, because WORDS MEAN THINGS!