Via: Wral.Com

A discussion over whether to end busing in favor of neighborhood schools in Wake County quickly turned into a debate about race last night at a Raleigh YWCA. Reassigning students and busing them away from their neighborhoods to achieve economic diversity in the school system has been a controversial issue for years. Board member Keith Sutton said changing the school system’s current policy, which is to have no more than 40 percent of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches at any school, would hurt the district’s future.