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School Boards Have The Right To Tell Students Where to Attend School

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Restricting where students attend schools is not an uncommom practice. School boards create zoning policies for many reasons. A few of these include 

• creating equal opportunity in all schools in their jurisdiction
• ensuring certain schools do not become centers for students students who challenge the resources in the system, and
• creating community schools.

Not everyone would agree with this choice, as seen in this statement:

         Supporters of school choice call for a public policy and enabling legislation which makes it possible for all parents, no matter what their socio-economic situation, to choose where to send their children to school. Thus the policy is better known as 'parental choice' in education. http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=44461

It would be interesting to hear from board members about their policies and the rationale for their boards choices.

What is your opinion on this topic?