It's ... what?... almost 1 a.m. and I just stumbled on the DISD board meeting story. It's difficult to read something like this and not wonder where we're going with sanctions.
I'm not against sanctions. Heck, I'm on board. I was the one who thought Johnston needed to be handed over to someone who took the challenges there seriously. But to see this... I just have to think that more state resources need to be going into addressing our issues.
I am not the first, nor the last, to say that we go down a road where we take high schools out of minority communities. How should I feel about that. I read Jonathan Kozol's work, and I acknowledge we have re-segregated our schools. Yet, at the same time, I am torn. I want neighborhood schools to work. What is going to work for our kids?
I wonder how many schools we have in the pipeline for closure. And how many are non-minority. I think I'm afraid to ask TEA.
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