[Gibbon1]

> In addition to it effectively destroying the community aspect of schools where your kids go to school with the neighbors which facilitates neighboring families meeting each other and becoming friends, walking to school together, and so on.

This is the reason I'm hardcore opposed to bussing. It disrupts the ability of your stereotypical battle axe mothers from riding the schools ass. I'm sure school district goldbricks love that.

Personal view point which may not be universal. It's supposedly a lottery. But my friends with mixed race kids all got accepted to the better schools. And my friends whose kids have Norman Rockwell nature all got accepted to the schools where the district dumps the problematic kids.

[tapoxi]

Teachers hate it. A kid with a one hour commute got less sleep, and is typically exhausted. This means poor educational performance and behavior problems.