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...necessary and laudable goals of diversity and academic excellence. Indeed, these goals are inextricably linked. There are many constructive means to achieve them under the court's decision without sacrificing local control over public education through local school boards and without imposing involuntary busing. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL Attorney General, Connecticut Hartford...
...simply could not put this story down until I had finished every word. It was like reading a William F. Buckley Jr. cold war novel, and the stakes were even higher. Once again, spasiba! BOB WATERS Hartford, Vermont...
...from Connecticut blacks (reportedly including some members of his own staff). In an interview a few days after the ruling, the attorney general stressed that he has no plans to challenge the opinion; he now sees it as providing an "opportunity" for the entire state to do better by Hartford's minority students. Though his position gives him no formal role in the process, he says he wants to take part in devising effective desegregation strategies that preserve local school districts. Blumenthal had moved from the combative to the constructive--which is where Connecticut's leaders should have been...
Judging from Blumenthal and Rowland's quick condemnation of such measures, you'd think that the court had ordered them into effect right away. But in fact, the justices declined to impose any plan to reduce the racial isolation of Hartford's 95% minority student body, leaving it up to the Governor and state legislature. That means there will be ample opportunity to devise an integration strategy that the state's citizens can live with. More than likely, both sides agree, the eventual solution will emphasize voluntary programs such as cross-district transfers and magnet schools that will benefit...
Martins, who plays professionally for the Hartford organization and saw ice time during several games for the Whalers last season, said he received a letter from Breistroff in April congratulating him on his National Hockey League debut...