White And Black Students Face Trouble In Fall?
By: Alex Flippin
Updated: July 26, 2007
Winslow Elementary saw the last of its students file out this summer,
just before closing its doors for good. Many of those students parent
planned on sending their kids to nearby West Fork Elementary, but it
wont be that easy. Only ten of the seventy-five who applied for
enrolment were accepted. Why? Because according to state law, there
are too many white and black students attending West Fork schools. The
state Public School Choice Act is whats preventing those enrolments,
but according to Greenland School Board member Charles Dwyer, thats
not exactly what it was meant to do. It was originally intended to
keep mass numbers of students from switching from one school to
another. So, even though thats what its meant to do, now its
threatening to keep those students out of the school they thought they
were supposed to go to. A meeting to further the issue is scheduled
for August 7th at 5pm and its open to the general public.
