Diversity in School

We are published again in the Almanac, as a letter to the editor made press!

I said that taking away the opportunity for mostly low-income students from Ravenswood to attend Menlo Park schools would be a big mistake.

Instead of being a burden on the school district, opening up enrollment would improve the district's financial situation by enabling Menlo Park to apply for soon-to-be available federal and state funding for low-income (Title 1) and under-performing (Program Improvement 2) students through Bush's No Child Left Behind program and Obama's Race to the Top initiatives. The best use of those funds is to make education more personal - for one-on-one tutoring. Instead of limiting opportunity, opening doors to out-of-district students would create a well-balanced, diverse, and more authentic learning atmosphere for everyone.