Mt View school district report on choice schools and equity
This report was prepared by a consultant hired to review "equitable access to choice schools." Some notable parts:
- Endorses the use of "weight lotteries" which give preferential access to poor families
- Asians lumped together with white families, do not count towards "diversity." This likely lumps Indians with East Asia
- Choice schools will, in general, increase inequity
- Transportation prevents poor families from applying to choice schools
- Lack of awareness prevents poor families from applying to choice schools
- Recommends adding "diversity" to mission statements of choice schools
- Recommends more outreach efforts to recruit poor families
A choice school is defined as charter, magnet, or any non-neighborhood school
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