Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Far from Fair

Jun 05, 2002

When reporters from the Sacramento Bee wanted to look behind
disparities
in educational outcomes among Sacramento?’s students, they found
?“stunning
differences?” in the conditions of the community?’s public high schools.
Some schools -- many of them in wealthier suburban communities ?– have
sparkling pools, hallways with skylights, clean restrooms and a broad
range of language and other courses to choose from. But
disparities in settings and educational opportunities are so great
throughout California that the American Civil Liberties Union has
launched
a class-action lawsuit that speaks of roach-ridden classrooms, textbook
shortages and high numbers of unqualified teachers.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/education/story/2798197p-3592816c.html