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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver
^ I disagree with your assessment of out-of-catchment enrolment automatically leads to parents driving their kids to school. From personal experience, I took transit by myself to school for my last couple years of elementary school (False Creek/Granville Island to Oak/King Edward) and to high school (UBC). As for whether cross-boundary enrolment leads to a deficit of parental involvement in schools that need it most, I honestly cannot knowledgeably comment on that part of your critique. However, I suspect that there is some correlation between active parental involvement in the education of their children and the likelihood of cross-boundary enrolment. I suspect that if cross-boundary enrolment were banned there would be a whole lot more self-selection on the parts of families to live within the boundaries of 'good schools' to the greater socioeconomic detriment of the catchment areas of schools without such cache...
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It may not be automatic, but you'd have to agree taking transit is not the norm in that situation. Building healthy neighbourhoods starts with getting involved in neighbourhood instiutions like schools, not driving your kids from the JO catchment over to Churchill.
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