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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
1. Attend and support neighborhood schools
2. Equalize school funding - perhaps a percentage of PTO contributions over a certain amount are redistributed across all district schools that raise under that amount? There are likely better ways to do this, but it would be a start to correct some of the inequity. 
3. Reconsider how you define integrated.  Look beyond your HRPCS
4. Consider why you’re being so defensive.  The report is flawed, but it isn’t completely off base. A lot of white people in DC and on DCUM are not overtly racist or segregationist, but taking advantage of and benefitting from a racist and segregated system. 
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Number 1 is exactly what a lot of posters are doing and being called segregationist for their efforts. Remember that the report found that "in-bounds" was the most commonly used term.

Number 2 has nothing to do with parents school choices.

Number 3 you will have to explain to me. In this context, I define integration as having a significant number of students of different races. What about that should I reconsider?

Number 4 you are circling back to the original issue. Yes, I agree that we have a racist and segregated system. That system has existed throughout the history of the United States. What do you want parents to do about it in terms of their school choices? Choices, incidentally, that people of color are also making. Beyond supporting local schools -- something many of our posters are already doing -- what do you want our posters to change about their school choices?
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