People living on Green Bay's east side are sticking up for themselves after parents from Bellevue criticized the neighborhoods around East High School, labelling them "inner city."

The controversy started Wednesday night at a meeting over school boundaries. Parents from Bellevue had this to say about a proposal that would send their kids to Washington Middle School and East High School:

"If I wanted my child to go to an inner city school, I would have moved to the inner city. I don't need to be worried about that."

"If we wanted to live near East High, we would have paid a lot less for our house."

"I, like the other people here, spent the money to get out of the inner city and send my child to a better school."

Some east-side residents were offended. Others were mad. Most told Action 2 News they thought these parents just didn't have enough information. The principal of Washington Middle School even challenged the parents to come and visit for a day, then make up their minds.