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[quote=Anonymous]So, we've got competing interests here: on one hand, the non-white Deal parents are concerned that redistricting will make Deal a "lilly white" school; whereas a different set of (non-racially aligned) parents want to make sure that Deal, and Wilson, are relieved of overcrowding.  How do you reconcile these two interests?

Well, you have to be careful not to change the Deal and Wilson boundaries to cut out the most non-white areas currently within the boundaries.  Therefore, you cannot cut east-west but you can cut north-south.  So, where do those cut out to the south send their kids to High School, since they can't go to Deal, and Hardy will be cut out from feeding into Wilson?

The result is you need a new High School for those in Ward 3 and Ward 2 cut out from Wilson.  Clearly, you can't do anything to Ellington, because that would be racist, too, from the perspective of non-white families.  So, you've got to create a new High School somewhere near Ellington; or else bus those Ward 2 and 3 kids somewhere  east out of their neighborhoods.  All because of race, from one perspective or another.

Somehow, imo, we've got to overcome race as a barrier, and instead focus on practical solutions to Wilson and Deal overcrowding.[/quote]

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