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School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and small are grappling with the harsh financial realities of empty seats in aging classrooms.

As some districts are being forced to close schools, administrators are facing another long-avoided reckoning: how to integrate students in buildings that remain racially and economically segregated.

In the Florida panhandle, one tiny district plans to consolidate its last three stand-alone elementary schools into one campus because there aren’t enough students to cover the costs of keeping the doors open. But the Madison County School District’s decision to do so has exposed tensions around race in a community where for years some white families have resisted integrating public schools.

“It’s the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about,” county school board member Katie Knight told The Associated Press.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

...some white families have resisted integrating public schools.

Same old story.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Racism lives on in DuhSantis' world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Scapegoating an outgroup will always be popular with those who want to raise their social status without doing anything.

[–] teamevil 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck their uneducated asses then, let them miss school and spend a life working for nothing

[–] billiam0202 3 points 2 months ago

The adults, sure.

The kids deserve far better than that.

[–] leauxhigh 1 points 2 months ago

some, a few, a couple