I’ve been thinking about this since I read it yesterday. Aren’t school districts funded, in part, by property taxes within their boundaries.
I don’t think this plan is about race – it’s about $$$.
If you carve off the coast (more expensive real estate) then the per-student allotment can be higher. Too bad for those folks who live in less expensive areas.
Demographics also suggest that more expensive areas have higher numbers of college educated professionals than less expensive neighborhoods – so you’re also selecting, in a broad statistical way, a potentially higher performing student population.
Eugene mentioned UC – which is my ‘hood… I noticed he didn’t mention Spreckel’s demographics. Spreckels is a Spanish Language Magnet – so it draws from the entire district – and has a MUCH higher ratio of hispanic compared to the other 2 elementaries that feed into UCHS. (Which might be a factor for why UCHS student body is more hispanic than the neighborhood at large.)
Personally, I like diversity. I also see this plan as dead, politically… not going to happen. But, realistically, it might improve Standley MS and UCHS – which is where my kids will be attending.
