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Oh the elective courses in the arts I understand perfectly. We have them too. We even have two orchestras and the ones in the more elite orchestra have not one but two orchestra classes a day. We also have an 8+1 period day so that you can take a full load of academic courses and have room for the electives. But our school newspaper, yearbook and literary magazines and student government don’t have classes associated with them. We do have busing and a fairly compact school district. Even if you got rid of busing no one would have to walk more than three miles to get to school.</p>