Article: NAACP Charges School Discipline Is Racially Biased; Black Youths Punished for Fight While White Student Was Absolved

Article: New white student council prexy challenges ...
Jet;  June 16, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Williams, a 17-year-old White student, is the new president ... local leaders and wants school board members to reverse the ... The issue has come up at school board meetings, but the principals, school board members and superintendent ...

Article: USING RACE TO DENY WHITE STUDENT TRANSFERS TO BE ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... district's legal counsel will confer Monday night with the School Board. It's possible that after the closed-door discussion ... blocking open-enrollment requests on the basis of race, School Board President Arlene Silveira said. "This is a serious decision ...

Article: Closing the gap; Black, white student achievement ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  March 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... than 200 black parents, teachers and professionals, most of whom were black, as well as mostly white school officials and school board members. Nonwhite students total 54.5 percent of the student body in the city's public schools. Black students comprise ...

Article: SCHOOL BOARD ACTIONS
The Washington Post;  September 28, 1989 ;     698 words ... ... Prince William County School Board. For more information ... However, because white student scores also improved ... Hundley (Coles), the School Board's only black member ... minority students. The School Board's long-range goal ...

Article: South Carolina school board to decide on charter ...
Post and Courier (Charleston, SC);  October 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... decide whether the county school board violated state law and exceeded ... demographics of its students. School Board Chairwoman Nancy Cook said ... school will have a mostly white student body and take the best students ... ISSUE: The Charleston County School Board decided ...

Article: School board approves restructuring program
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  February 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 2006 Now that the Norristown School Board has agreed to a plan that ... called the Green Plan. School board members Edward Ward and Susan ... for public comment at the school board meeting. The public comment ... Blue Plan would have had a white student population of only 21 ...

Article: School Board Rejects Citizen Plan for ...
The Washington Post;  January 27, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Arlington School Board members have rejected ... among county schools. School Board Chairman Conchita Mitchell ... by minorities. Three School Board members asked school ... would have increased the white student population to 39.5 ...