I escaped this menace of “busing” until the 6th grade. My brothers were pulled from school and sent to private school on those early grades which were shipped to reeducation camp.
Sixth grade was Lord of the Flies. We frequently had rocks thrown at our bus as it drove to and from school through black neighborhoods. Frequent fights broke out at school (fight were fairly infrequent before) between races. It was really just trying to get through the school year.
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