Judge John Curtain's 1976 Major Mistake

[GMCGeneral]

U.S. COURT DIRECTS BUFFALO END BIAS (Published 1976)

Fed Dist Judge John T Curtin, contending that Buffalo city govt and state educ officials intentionally perpetuated racial segregation in city's pss, orders them to meet with him on May 19 to begin preparing integration plan; decision comes in suit filed in June '72 by Councilman George K Arthur...

www.nytimes.com

This effectively put an end to neighborhood schools by forcing kids to be bused from one end of the city to the other, all in the name of "desegregation" but where did this land the City of Buffalo, along with most other urban centers? How about a less than 50% graduation rate from high school and of those, most cannot read, write, nor do basic math.
Not to mention with the current shortage of school bus drivers, this would resolve this issue instantly.
I say, not only abolish the Department of "Education" which effectively returns 100% control to localities, but also get rid of forced busing, build and open new schools, and return to neighborhood schooling.

 

[excalibur]

U.S. COURT DIRECTS BUFFALO END BIAS (Published 1976)

Fed Dist Judge John T Curtin, contending that Buffalo city govt and state educ officials intentionally perpetuated racial segregation in city's pss, orders them to meet with him on May 19 to begin preparing integration plan; decision comes in suit filed in June '72 by Councilman George K Arthur...

www.nytimes.com

This effectively put an end to neighborhood schools by forcing kids to be bused from one end of the city to the other, all in the name of "desegregation" but where did this land the City of Buffalo, along with most other urban centers? How about a less than 50% graduation rate from high school and of those, most cannot read, write, nor do basic math.
Not to mention with the current shortage of school bus drivers, this would resolve this issue instantly.
I say, not only abolish the Department of "Education" which effectively returns 100% control to localities, but also get rid of forced busing, build and open new schools, and return to neighborhood schooling.

And effectively ended Brown v. Board of Education, which was about the right of black children to NOT be forced to travel a distance to a school but attend their neighborhood school.

Indeed, when forced busing was ordered in Boston, about 80% of white and 80% of blacks opposed the scheme.

 

[jwoodie]

The same thing happened to the L.A. city school system. Judges should be held responsible for the results of their decisions, and plaintiffs should be required to provide positive remedies.

 

[GMCGeneral]

And effectively ended Brown v. Board of Education, which was about the right of black children to NOT be forced to travel a distance to a school but attend their neighborhood school.

Indeed, when forced busing was ordered in Boston, about 80% of white and 80% of blacks opposed the scheme.

It's adversely affected kids for at least five decades now, especially since they have to get up much earlier than they should to get ready for the day and typically get home too late to effectively do their homework, eat dinner, and enjoy some "kid time" before turning in for the night.

The same thing happened to the L.A. city school system. Judges should be held responsible for the results of their decisions, and plaintiffs should be required to provide positive remedies.

See my response to Excalibur above. Especially with the square mileage NYC and LA have, kids would be on buses more than two hours before getting to school and home.

I would love to see how the resident "education" establishment toadie Unkotare thinks of this.

 

[GMCGeneral]

As if called. Unkotare has ZERO justification for carting millions of kids as young as 3 and 4 years old clear across cities just for some phony sense of "integration".

 

[Unkotare]

....carting millions of kids as young as 3 and 4 years old clear across cities ....

Doesn't happen anymore. For the most part, kids attend the school closest to their home unless their parents have opted into one of a few special programs. The problems with that are not what you think.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

As if called. Unkotare has ZERO justification for carting millions of kids as young as 3 and 4 years old clear across cities just for some phony sense of "integration".

Where is this happening? I think you are twenty-five years or so out of date.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Where is this happening? I think you are twenty-five years or so out of date.

Double that. My point is that busing needs to abandoned for the most part and neighborhood schools return.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Doesn't happen anymore. For the most part, kids attend the school closest to their home unless their parents have opted into one of a few special programs. The problems with that are not what you think.

Bullshit. The genie is out of the bottle. Young kids are still being carted across the cities

 

[Augustine_]

Republicans have so much nostalgia for the days of segregation and Jim Crow. Remember a year or two ago when Florida republicans were trying to use textbooks that said slavery was good for black people?

 

[GMCGeneral]

Republicans have so much nostalgia for the days of segregation and Jim Crow. Remember a year or two ago when Florida republicans were trying to use textbooks that said slavery was good for black people?

Forced busing has been an unmitigated disaster.

 

[Augustine_]

Forced busing has been an unmitigated disaster.

I was just making a general point about how badly conservatives want to bring back segregation.

 

[GMCGeneral]

I was just making a general point about how badly conservatives want to bring back segregation.

We don't. People just naturally migrate to their own kind. Forcing integration has proven to be a colossal flop.

 

[Augustine_]

We don't. People just naturally migrate to their own kind. Forcing integration has proven to be a colossal flop.

Okay, racist old boomer

 

[Unkotare]

Bullshit. The genie is out of the bottle. Young kids are still being carted across the cities

Wrong

 

[GMCGeneral]

Wrong

Uhh, I drove cheese wagon. My video footage on th3 bus says otherwise

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Double that. My point is that busing needs to abandoned for the most part and neighborhood schools return.

Busing went away about 25 years ago.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Bullshit. The genie is out of the bottle. Young kids are still being carted across the cities

Where?

 

[GMCGeneral]

Where?

Well, my hometown for one. The driver shortage, even pre Kung Flu was at crisis level.