Arthur B. Mark III
Parents Sue Capistrano Unified School District Over Racially Based High School Boundaries That Violate Prop. 209
Jun 16, 2005 Filed in: Legal
Proceedings | Racial
Gerrymandering
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PLF Fights To Stop School District From Color-Coding Kids
Aug 01, 2005 Filed in: Legal
Proceedings | Racial
Gerrymandering
The following op-ed was co-written by Harold Johnson, a PLF attorney, and Arthur B. Mark III, a former PLF attorney.
Like Rip Van Winkle, administrators at Capistrano Unified School District apparently missed some big news. They’re acting as if Proposition 209, the 1996 initiative that forbids race-based policies in California schools, was never put on the books. The district recently redrew attendance boundaries in a disruptive way that uses students’ skin color, in part, to determine where they will go to school. Read More...