District 15 Parents for Middle School Equity

We saw that our District’s former system for applying to middle school was competitively sorting our 5th graders. Whatever the original intended goal of middle school "choice," it resulted in a two-tiered system of middle schools: one that siphoned off a disproportionate number of white; high scoring; and higher-income students; and the other that served primarily lower-performing or lower-income children of color.  

  

Our goal was to look at more equitable, fair, and developmentally-appropriate processes for middle school placement for all of our children across District 15 and to serve as a model of desegregation.

 

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