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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure the legalities of how PTA's spend money are relevant to the overall question of redistricting and this seems to have gone on a very weird tangent.  Bottom line - wealthier communities have more funds than poorer communities and the ability to offer more supplemental learning opportunities (in whatever way that plays out and however the money moves). I don't think anyone is questioning that.

So back to redistricting - What do you do when the wealth disparity and segregation in the County is so severe that redistricting for equity becomes essentially impossible?

At this point it seems like making the high schools and middle schools all lottery is step one as it lowers one of the drivers of segregation. And the other step is to increase affordable housing in communities that do not currently have it. The housing patterns and segregation are so severe that it would be nearly impossible to redistrict oneself out of the problem at the elementary level.

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