> In Charlotte Mecklenburg schools,
>busing was issued about thirty
>years ago in the Swann
>court case

Charlotte-Mecklenburg is an exception. Long ago the city and county school systems merged. This may seem superficial, but it actually means that the suburban kids are attending the same system and receiving the same funding as the inner-city (not that there is such a thing in Charlotte) kids. This is the exception because in most Eastern cities each municipality runs its own school system, leading to drastic differences in funding on either side of the city line.


JMello

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--President-Select George W. Bush--