41. If Americans of all colors could have lived together from the start, every school would be a neighborhood school. 42. In a report issued last summer on the resegregation of public schools, he said Americans tell pollsters they value diversity in the classroom but still want neighborhood schools. 43. In addition, a number of communities have expressed misgivings about allowing outsiders in their neighborhood schools. 44. In Dayton, parents said when they were young children they went to neighborhood schools and neighbors were more likely to know one another. 45. Indeed, Menino recently endorsed the concept of neighborhood schools and said he would build five more. 46. Integration advocates worry that neighborhood schools will turn back the clock. 47. It recommended more spending for computers in underserved neighborhood schools because of the growing technology gap between rich and poor districts. 48. Knowing that, it is time to rebuild neighborhood schools in Boston, using local institutions as the understructure. 49. Last year, the district provided transportation for students living more than one mile from their neighborhood school. 50. Long an anchor for the Five Oaks neighborhood, Corpus Christi started out as a strictly Catholic, neighborhood school, primarily serving the children of Eastern European immigrants. |