For a county known for its diversity, there is a jarring amount of covert and overt racism whenever new school boundaries are recommended. I’ve heard and read people say that they don’t want their kids “going to THOSE schools” and that “some people just don’t value education as much as we do” to explain why some schools (with higher White populations) have higher test scores than schools with high Free and Reduced Meals students (and higher Black and immigrant populations). When explanations are given about the amount of supplemental materials provided by parents in schools where there is a concentration of wealth, and when details are provided on the inequities in learning materials and resources between schools with different income backgrounds, the rebuttals are usually that “all schools are good” to further the idea that some students just don’t try hard enough and some families just don’t support their students enough.”
