Ultimately, the schools will probably recover, but it will take years, and I'm not inclined to send my son to the worst middle school in the system so we can work it out with a group of concerned parents. Considering the school board changed our assignment just 7 years ago, the level of trust between the neighborhood and the school system is at an all time low and the decision to not even bother giving those schools a try has become much easier, despite the cost of private schools.