Word: clairemont
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...dangers of such compromises first struck Swanson 21 years ago, when a judge's order forced Clairemont High School in San Diego, Calif., whose student body was then more than 95% white, to open its doors to 500 minority students. Many of the school's more affluent families fled, as did several of the most experienced teachers. Clairemont quickly moved to create "special" classes for the new students, the bulk of whom were two or more years behind grade level. Swanson, then 35 and chair of Clairemont's English department, resisted. She persuaded the principal...
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