What about filing an Amicus Brief?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "rook782" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Also a very very good post.
>
> Tom I think that if you ever wanted to do the one thing in your life
> that could truly help Asbury Park, this might be the answer. I think
> many would support you in this endeavor. And kinda knowing you, you
> would not care what the opposition thought. How much money would
> something like this cost to have a case like this fought and won? I
> know this would be just an estimate.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> <justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> > Oak it looks like we ended up agreeing in the end.
> >
> > I have no problm with choices people make. Go to private school,
> > move to a good public district, etc. I support all of it. I do
> have
> > a problem with government screwing things up by injecting
> themselves
> > into it, which is what wrecked APHS - not parental choices.
> >
> > When buying a house, I absolutely avoided Asbury Park and the
> > sending district because the High School is now segregated. I
> know
> > that many, many other people did the same.
> >
> > That wasn't the case before the RBR ruling. I went to APHS with
> the
> > sons of doctors, lawyers and millinaire businessmen. Yes, having
> > that demographic was helpful to the poorer kids. That's gone
> thanks
> > to the ruling.
> >
> > Look at real estate listings. Many of them list private schools
> on
> > the listing so as not to list APHS. I laugh and cry everytime I
> see
> > it.
> >
> > Since Avon no longer goes to APHS, their real estate has
> > skyrocketed, now topping $1 Million on the MEDIAN house sale, and
> > holding steady in this downturn.
> >
> > Everything changed when the Commissioner ruled that RBR having a
> > better music program than Asbury Park is more important than
> whether
> > a black kid goes to a segregated school. Read the decision that
> > Mario linked. That was the ruling. It's the most bigoted, racist
> > piece of government work I've seen in my lifetime, and it is
> > shamelessly ignored.
> >
> > It's ignored because those with the political power in the area
> > benefit from the ruling (like Avon); those without the power
> suffer
> > from it (Asbury).
> >
> > Just imagine the classic busing issue: If a primarily white
> school
> > in the area was suddenly going to be filled with poor black kids
> > from Asbury, people would go berserk. There would be all sorts of
> > lawsuits to stop it, with claims of government interference,
> social
> > engineering, and claims that the school's natural demographic
> should
> > be preserved.
> >
> > That ruling by the Commissioner is exactly the same thing with the
> > colors reversed. The NATURAL DEMOGRAPHIC of APHS was racially and
> > economically diversified, just as Ocean Township is now. The
> ruling
> > destroyed that by busing the white kids past Asbury Park to
> another
> > public school in Little Silver.
> >
> > Who is going to file the the Federal Civil Rights lawsuit claiming
> > de facto segregation (can anyone claim that wasn't the result of
> the
> > ruling with a straight face)? Are the white parents who are
> > avoiding APHS going to do it? No. The poor black parents? I
> don't
> > think so. AP Board of Ed? No, too busy gossiping and in fighting
> > to tackle something so serious and important.
> >
> > If APHS was naturally segregated by race, you wouldn't hear a peep
> > out of me. Since it is racially segregateed by the government
> with
> > busing to another public school, I'm confident my objection is on
> > the moral high ground, even if I stand alone.
> >
> > Standing alone though, I'm starting to feel like I don't care
> > anymore either.
> >
> > The state can keep the school segregated, Asbury Park Board of Ed
> > (Bored of Ed?) can keep taking the Abbott "hush money" and not
> > challenge the segregation ruling, and none of it is going to hurt
> me.
> >
> > So why should I care?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> > >
> > > TD,
> > >
> > > You and I can both stop, take residence in AP, and stick our kids
> > > there. but we haven't.
> > >
> > > I'd take a gamble on those beers that Deal, Allenhurst, Belmar
> have
> > > LESS HS age kids eligible to go to AP. Then you have determine
> why
> > > those parents CHOOSE to send their kids to a private school,
> > parochial
> > > school or to a county speciality school. IT's choice. You and I
> > have
> > > made it as well, by choosing to live in towns other then AP with
> a
> > > schools that are well diversified in race and incomes - that
> > being
> > > Howell and OT. OT and Howell are not the same as in 1996 nor in
> are
> > > they in our era of the late 70's either. In '75 my class (8th
> > grade)
> > > had 3 african american students - and I can name them. In '79 I
> > could
> > > still name a few more african american students. And I;m saying
> I
> > can
> > > name them as a good thing casue we were all friends. I can say
> > today
> > > the make-up of the the student body, at least in OT, is about as
> > > diversified as it can be on all levels - race, incomes, family
> > status etc.
> > >
> > > As such, in my view, the teaching methods have changed
> > dramatically.
> > >
> > > I wish I could convince my son to go to CBA, and I'd be willing
> to
> > > pay. It's school. Not a playground. They'll kick your ass out as
> > fast
> > > as they cashed your check.
> > >
> > > As for qualifying to go to a speciality school, you shouldnt
> have
> > to.
> > >
> >
>
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