Winchester Faces Investigation Over School Redistricting
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint about the redistricting plan devised by Winchester Public Schools.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint about the redistricting plan devised by Winchester Public Schools, according to the Boston Globe. The Civil Rights office will be reviewing allegations that Winchester Public Schools created a redistricting plan that assigns hundreds of children to "new elementary schools beginning in September (that) discriminates against some of the children on the basis of race, national origin, and limited English proficiency," according to the Globe. Jim Bradshaw, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Education, told the Globe that the probe was opened on Feb. 15 and said, "The complaint is currently under investigation." A Dec. 19 complaint, which was submitted …
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9:10 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Redistricting is moving forward. The Government been investigating for months and months and not found any reason to stop it. I am sure the Government will find some issues should have been handled better such as communication and ding the administration but no substantive bias. more ›