11. Students would be assigned to schools by choice or by lottery. 12. That suggests that getting better results from multi-age classrooms requires more than simply changing which students are assigned to them, Matthews said. 13. The Legislature sharply cut a state Racial Balance Fund that helped municipalities desegregate and passed a law prohibiting State officials from assigning students for the purpose of racial balance. 14. Therefore, he said, race should no longer be considered in assigning students to schools. 15. Under the Charlotte plan, students were assigned to neighborhood schools in a racially segregated city and county, but given the option of transferring out. 16. Under the proposal to eliminate consideration of race, students would be assigned to schools based solely on choice and lottery. 17. When the Sorting Hat assigns new students to their dormitories, the film omits the very funny school songs. 18. Lee Parks, the attorney for the white families, said the district spends millions of dollars to continue an unnecessary race-based system of assigning students. 19. Students are assigned for a year with a host company each October after three months of language and cultural preparation. |