{"id":138444144,"date":"2009-05-22T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138444144"},"modified":"2009-05-22T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T08:42:24","slug":"does-having-walkable-and-bikeable-schools-mean-segregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138444144","title":{"rendered":"Does having walkable and bikeable schools mean segregation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to those who oppose Boston&#8217;s plan to shrink the size of the school assignment zones from three to five zones that would encompass fewer neighborhoods it would also reestablish segregation.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents argue, there\u2019s also a financial incentive to the plan. Sending students to \u201cneighborhood schools\u201d means fewer kids would need transport across the city, theoretically saving the city money on transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly no one is talking about children heath and the rising obesity epidemic among Boston&#8217;s children and the need for exercise but at least they are talking about a 5% premium on sweets.  <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baystatebanner.com\/local14-2009-05-21\">https:\/\/www.baystatebanner.com\/local14-2009-05-21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surcharge on sweets: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2009\/01\/31\/surcharge_on_sweets_may_not_trim_many_waists\/\">https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2009\/01\/31\/surcharge_on_sweets_may_not_trim_many_waists\/<\/a>oldId.2009052208422458<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to those who oppose Boston&#8217;s plan to shrink the size of the school assignment zones from three to five zones that would encompass fewer neighborhoods it would also reestablish segregation. Proponents argue, there\u2019s also a financial incentive to the plan. Sending students to \u201cneighborhood schools\u201d means fewer kids would need transport across the city, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138444144\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Does having walkable and bikeable schools mean segregation?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138444144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138444144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138444144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138444144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138444144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138444144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138444144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}