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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I for one like the idea of sharing space at Ludlow Taylor, but would truly worry that it would then result in the some of segregation that occurred in the history of SWS, with SWS being a primarily white program and LT traditional being an all black program.  [/quote]

I'm IB at LT, biracial with a couple of graduate degrees, looking for an out after k, and wouldn't mind having primarily white - black programs.  What is your worry?

It's the story at Tyler with the regular program and Spanish Immersion and you don't hear many complaints, so most of the parents in both programs must be pretty happy.  The Tyler approach is hardly a perfect one, but it is a pragmatic one.  Much worse when stressed out middle-class IB parents, pouring their life savings into renovating old houses, end up moving because they lack lottery luck.  Much better than middle-class parents avoiding a "neighborhood" school altogether (until v. recently, the situation at both Miner and Payne, now some will at least try their preschools), making it very hard to improve facilities and leadership benefitting all the kids.

It's terrible for a neighborhood with those paying the bulk of the property tax won't touch the IB school, or won't touch it above k.  Lesser of the evils, bring on SWS at LT (though I'm among those that can't see it happening).

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