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Document Type

Special Section

Theme

OPPOSING PERSONAL VIEWS FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

Abstract

Busing, controlled choice, and racial tiebreaking have proven to be band-aid initiatives that do not address the much deeper and decades’ long issues of segregated housing practices, imbalanced property tax allocations, and deep-pocketed booster clubs that have disproportionately funded some of our schools. In the early 1970’s, the Seattle School District initiated a mandatory busing policy for the purpose of integrating students district wide. In the late 80’s, the District augmented mandatory busing by instituting a controlled student choice program that allowed parents to select schools within a limited grouping of options. By the late 90’s, Seattle halted its practice of mandatory busing, and implemented a racial tiebreaking initiative for oversubscribed schools, where more students than seats are available at a particular school during the application process of open-enrollment. These approved policies over the last 30 years have estranged many of our families from their neighborhood schools and consequently have created another set of problems that lead to further difficulties in creating successful schools for ALL.

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articles

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Segregation in education--Washington (State)--Seattle; Educational change--Washington (State)--Seattle; Busing for school integration--Washington (State); Minorities--Education--Washington (State)

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Seattle Public Schools; Franklin High School (Seattle, Wash.)

Geographic Coverage

Washington (State)--Seattle

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

Type

Text

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