SCHS
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...
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CUSD Lawsuit Set For Hearing
Aug 09, 2006 Filed in: Legal
Proceedings | Racial
Gerrymandering
Talega resident, attorney and all-around great guy Mike Winsten is getting his day in court.
On behalf of all Talega residents, he sued the Capistrano Unified School District claiming that their plan to bus high school age Talega residents to SJC (rather than allow them to attend San Clemente High School) is in violation of Prop 209. Read More...