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Speaker urges district to fix income segregation after public comment on school boundaries
Summary
An alumna and former district teacher told the board that Georgetown, Longwood and McCarty elementary schools have much higher low-income enrollments than the district average and urged boundary or policy changes to address segregation and academic gaps.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, Alicia Smith, an alumna who taught in the district and lives in Indian Prairie School District 204, urged the board to address income segregation in school boundaries and to pursue policies that will reduce racial and economic achievement gaps.
Smith told the board she attended Gregory and Waubonsee schools,…
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