I would sit there silently, contemplating a way to fix this situation and give everyone the opportunities that I was getting. Years later, I have an idea:
Don't move the students. Move the teachers!
Ignore the distinctions in school districts and make some of the teachers in the districts with the highest-achieving students move to an area where students do poorly. That way, all students of all backgrounds in a geographic area, not a gerrymandered-school district, will benefit from their talents.
The hope that students in the districts like the one neighboring ours will rise when they realize proven quality teachers will replace the ones who leave quickly out of frustration. They will be more likely to take school seriously and not to misbehave on campus.
Most important of all, they will graduate from schools with better reputations and thus increase their chances of going to a top college. Opportunities will be there for the best students to get jobs that allow them to live where they want to live.
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