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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on. [b]People are defending their constitutional rights[/b]. Have all of you read the appeal? 
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Which constitution grants them the right not to be reassigned to a different school within their school district?[/quote]

Did you read the appeal?

The United States Supreme Court ruled that racial balancing is unconstitutional, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the [b]United States Constitution[/b].[/quote]

Here is an NC study - https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/07/15/can-school-districts-achieve-racial-integration-by-pursuing-socioeconomic-integration/

Brookings is left of center, but the article is balanced.

[quote]Under this policy, the district set a target of no school having more than 40% of its student body eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and [b]no more than 25% of students performing below grade level[/b].[/quote]
This wasn't addressed in the findings.

[quote]Well, the story is a bit complicated. On one hand, on average, racial and ethnic segregation levels were not meaningfully different under the SES-based assignment policy compared to a scenario in which all students would have attended their neighborhood school.  For example, over the time period we study, the average black student attended a school where 46.5% of students were white. If all students had attended their neighborhood school, the average black student would have attended a school where 45.8% of students were white, a number that is slightly lower but not meaningfully different from segregation levels under the SES-based assignment policy.

On the other hand, for students who would have attended majority-minority schools under residence-based school assignment, the SES-based assignment policy dramatically changed their schooling context. For example, in schools where 75% of the student body would have been nonwhite under a residence-based school assignment policy, the average black student would have attended a school where only 14.3% of students were white. Under the SES-based assignment policy, they attended a school where 37.5% of students were white—a considerably more diverse school environment.[/quote][/quote]

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