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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I'm still trying to understand why a "riot" should be a logical and natural result of any moves to limit the size of the concentric ring around Deal that defines "inboundary."

It's equally riotous that a tween living 2 blocks away from Deal would be forced into a trailer or makeshift overcrowded classroom so as to let in 75% of the city as a matter of right.    Here, Bob, you and Mary can share a chair in this windowless classroom because we we don't want to look racist.
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You are mixing apples and oranges here. The only way that students from 75% of the city get into Deal is due to being OOB in a feeder school. Changing the zone boundary for Deal won't change that reality at all. So, that's one issue.

The second issue is the potential modification of Deal's boundaries. The Deal boundaries currently include areas with high hispanic and African-American populations. Regardless of the OOB situation, some diversity will remain as long as those areas remain inbounds.

If the boundaries were redrawn to eliminate the high-minority areas, while simultaneously ending the flow of OOB students, it would rightly be seen as an overt effort to remove minority students from Deal. 
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