Shady Hill serves diverse student body
Sharon Jones Pittney
In the last few years, public schools have been legally challenged because of the manner in which they have resolved to maintain racial balance in their schools. Good public schools, which are meant to educate all, have been thrust into the affirmative action fight, and excellent educational opportunities in those schools are at risk for people of color. Judge Garrity is dead, and the work he and others did to set right the injustices of segregation is being dismantled bit by bit.
What does this mean for children of color in the city of Boston? Will the backlash against busing be so great that the city …
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