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The two major stumbling blocks to approval of the plan were the Teachers Union and the Hispanic community. Both felt unceremoniously ignored and indignant at being shut out of the proceedings.
While attempting to gain approval, B.U also antagonized the Hispanic community, which makes up more than half of the city's population. The Chelsea Commission on Hispanic Affairs challenged the proposal, arguing that it left half of the city's residents politically disenfranchised.
Principal Craig Haugen said he was skeptical at first, but was convinced the club's motives weren't racist. "It's not a whites-only club," he says. In fact, 50% of the students who have signed up are Hispanic. Why the interest? The club will be teaching its members...
The 500th anniversary may also force a new awareness in school curriculums of the immense role played by Spaniards in early colonial America. Up to now they have been all but shunted out of view behind the screen of Anglo founder- images (the Pilgrim Fathers, Raleigh in Virginia). This can...
| The consensus in Minnesota -- the state with the largest open-enrollment plan -- is that public-school Choice works as far as it goes. True, there is some evidence that black and Hispanic parents, in particular, receive limited information about their school options. Transportation costs also could become a public burden...