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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The segregation at ACHS is self segregation.[/b] The students segregate themselves, often starting in middle school.

This is not uncommon at any school anywhere. Do I like it, not really. But keeping one high school doesn’t negate any self segregation. According to my kids, there is significant tension among AA and Hispanic students.  I don’t know why. I wish there wasn’t. What exactly are the school board, city council, the mayor and special interests groups like TWU doing about it?  Putting their heads in the sand does nothing. Acting like they’re aren’t gangs in high school or that certain groups “have beef” also does nothing. From what I have heard from several ACHS students is that 47, as well as several Hispanic gangs, are prevalent at the high school. It’s such a shame. But no one does anything about it. [/quote]

This. But we did notice in elementary.  Like kids what to hang out in their free time with like kids. The school can't mandate that away.  It's human nature and it just happens even in adults.

I think part of the problem is that the one school would be better than the other. This would force a lot of the liberal parents into a position where they would have to say out loud they are picking the better school and don't really care about diversity as much when it comes to effecting their child's education and college prospects.  To avoid that, they could force all students into a random lottery to be assigned to one of the 2 schools.  Or as someone else said Minnie Howard could just be totally rebuilt into a second high school. Also part of the no second high school was a belief that they would have students doing virtual learning [this was prepandemic] and thus reduce the need for physical space. The pandemic showed that it would not be a good way to teach the majority of students. [/quote]

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