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Resident urges District 204 to address income segregation in school boundaries; cites Georgetown, Longwood and McCarty
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 24 board meeting, Alicia Smith, a resident with prior ties to district schools, urged the board to address inequities she said result from boundary design that concentrated higher shares of students eligible for free or reduced‑price lunch in Georgetown, Longwood and McCarty elementary attendance areas.
Alicia Smith, a resident and former District 204 employee, used public comment time on Feb. 24 to urge the board to address what she described as systemic inequities in school boundaries that have concentrated high‑poverty student populations at Georgetown, Longwood and McCarty elementaries.
Smith said Georgetown’s low‑income population is about 63 percent and…
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