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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, as the school faces layoffs and increased class sizes due to a law limiting funds for schools with a higher white student body.
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
In an attempt to lessen the budget cuts, the district changed the school's spending formula to one based on the number of students. "Thankfully we're going to keep our librarian. We're going to keep our nurse, but we may lose a few teachers, but not as many as we once thought," said Sheila Edmiston, one student's parent. Several jobs will still be lost and class sizes could grow. For many parents, the race-based reason of "too many white students" has made the cuts more difficult to swallow.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: brutus61
Oh it is time to even the playing field silly. Let's get even with who ever is successful, in this case it is the whites.
Instead of raising up all the students, let's punish the whites becasuse they are white, you know to show how it is wrong to discriminate.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
Sounds like fake news outrage story to get ratings or viewers.
originally posted by: brutus61
originally posted by: dfnj2015
Sounds like fake news outrage story to get ratings or viewers.
Well ABC news is the primary source and the one linked in all of the other articles I read. I don't particularly care for their partisan reporting but this appears to be a non partisan issue.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
originally posted by: brutus61
originally posted by: dfnj2015
Sounds like fake news outrage story to get ratings or viewers.
Well ABC news is the primary source and the one linked in all of the other articles I read. I don't particularly care for their partisan reporting but this appears to be a non partisan issue.
What funding are we talking? Too many holes in the story. Looks like a fake outrage story.
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
originally posted by: brutus61
originally posted by: dfnj2015
Sounds like fake news outrage story to get ratings or viewers.
Well ABC news is the primary source and the one linked in all of the other articles I read. I don't particularly care for their partisan reporting but this appears to be a non partisan issue.
What funding are we talking? Too many holes in the story. Looks like a fake outrage story.
originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: brutus61
It probably sounds odd, but the policy did work. If you let things play out along income demographics you wind up with segregated schools which have been proven to perform worse.
originally posted by: brutus61
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
originally posted by: TobyFlenderson
originally posted by: brutus61
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
It seems to me that if the solution has been in effect for 30-40 years and isn't working, it's not really a solution. The problem is, anyone who fights against it is immediately classified as a racist. Simple solutions to complex problems rarely prove efficacious.
originally posted by: brutus61
originally posted by: dfnj2015
originally posted by: brutus61
originally posted by: dfnj2015
Sounds like fake news outrage story to get ratings or viewers.
Well ABC news is the primary source and the one linked in all of the other articles I read. I don't particularly care for their partisan reporting but this appears to be a non partisan issue.
What funding are we talking? Too many holes in the story. Looks like a fake outrage story.
Since you seem to have missed this in the origonal post I will provide it again.
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
You also added the same link I provided which makes me wonder if you read the post or article at all.