[shhrubbery!]

What liberal rag Daily Record won't tell you is why parents say the move is discriminatory. The government is is actually practicing reverse discrimination here.

The rehabbed school to which the 'economically advantaged' students will be bused, Lake Hiawatha, is the poorer section of Parsippany; it has has a large concentration of apartment complexes.

Forge Pond, from which these students will now be bused, is an upscale development on the other side of the tracks.

[ClearCase_guy]

"Are our children supposed to be pawns to their political game?" asked parent Janice Marchak,

Ummmmmm. Yes. Government schools play political games. You're shocked, Lady?

[genefromjersey]

It is a shame; but it's worth noting: Many times parents in the "up-scale" areas are strongly in favor of forced busing in other parts of the state, or the nation.

Quite often, "liberal" ideas are endorsed by the "Up-scale"- until they come home to roost !

[PennsylvaniaMom]

If they can afford 'upscale' neighborhoods and can 'pay extra' to live close to a particular school, then why not just send the kiddies to a private or parichial school? The cost of the granite counter tops alone could pay for a year of schooling.

[mabelkitty]

It worked so well in Cleveland.

All the wealthier blacks and whites left Cleveland for the suburbs, and only the poor folks were left behind to have their kids bussed for "balance".

Businesses were diverted to the suburbs, labor was diverted to the suburbs, consumer revenue went to the malls rather than downtown, and property taxes and prices dropped into the well.

Yes, it worked so well. It single-handedly destroyed Cleveland. The city never recovered, and the schools are in state control and the worst in the nation.

[sheik yerbouty]

This is what happens when people carelessly vote for Demonrats!