Funding Disparities Receive More Attention as the New School Year Draws Near

Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by admin in Community Focus

State Sen. James Meeks (D-15, left photo) and State Rep. David Miller (D-29)

by Lesley R. Chinn

From Brown vs. the Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case standardizing the policy on integration in public education, schools in lower-income neighborhoods predominately serving minorities continue to struggle, while issues in funding disparities have some local leaders responding.

Although State Sen. Rev. James Meeks (D-15) and other members of the clergy want to take drastic measures by calling on parents to boycott the first day of school on September 2, other officials say that’s just not the answer. Instead of enrolling children in schools in their neighborhoods, Meeks and the others are encouraging parents to enroll students in the more affluent New Trier Township School District, a school that is more adequately funded.

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