Austin school leaders seek ways to end racial disparities
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October 23, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — School leaders are trying to find ways to end significant racial disparities in Austin, where black and Hispanic children make up at least 90 percent of the student body in more than half of the city's public schools.
White students make up only a quarter of all students in Austin public schools, but they are the majority in the district's two most coveted magnet programs and at 30 other campuses primarily on the city's more affluent west side.
Trustees with the Austin Independent School District say busing students across town or altering district boundaries won't be cons...
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