[Cincinatus' Wife]

This will be one to watch.

[Buckwheats]

"All parents -- regardless of race, whether it is Hispanic, black or white -- they want their kids to have the very best education," Bienski said.

One small problemo, Bienski....'Hispanic' is not a 'race'.

[jocon307]

SUPPORT VOUCHERS! BREAK THE UNIONS! SAVE THE CHILDREN!

[Cheapskate]

LOOK UP PEOPLE, these wackjobs are under the firm belief
that THEY own your childern and THEY call all the shots.
These people are entitled to indocturnate our kids as they see fit. We cant let them get away with this crap

[gsrinok]

Notice that the lawsuit doesn't dispute the fact that Mumford offers a better education, nor does it spell out how Hearne could improve the quality of its education and, therefore, prevent a large part of these transfers. Instead, it focuses on race and the $5500 allowance from the state. Once again, the liberal agenda is about money and power.

[sgtbono2002]

Here goes another good school system thrown down the toilet of desegregation. It isnt about education , its about diversity. Isnt diversity a great word for saying we are going to lower the scores of whites down to what the black kids are making?

[Yeti]

...last year, 268 came from Hearne. Of the Hearne transfers, 156 were black or Hispanic ... It wants the federal court to order Hearne students back to Hearne schools and to order Mumford to stop accepting transfers.

Bucket of crabs alert.

MHK, I thought you might be interested in this.

[neutrino]

it is the flight of the white students

Ooooh, we can't have that, now, can we?

[raybbr]

...officials there believe something sinister is luring families from Hearne.

Those sinister bast#rds want an education. How dare they?

[Dahoser]

In a recently filed federal lawsuit, Hearne officials complain that white families are fleeing the predominately black Hearne school district, depriving Hearne of much-needed state aid and turning back the clock to a time in Texas when the federal courts had to order public schools to integrate.

But if these were gay kids transferring, that would be okay.

[Clara Lou]

Hearne is like Calvert (10 mi. north) and Marlin (30 mi. further north). They are old, decaying towns without any economic basis for existence beyond agriculture, and the kind of people that give these towns any vitality have moved away. Their schools are old. If I, as a parent, have the resources to take my child to a newer school that appears to be better run, why wouldn't I do it? The article says blacks have transferred out of Hearne ISD as well as other ethnic groups. My child doesn't give up a better education for the sake of some ISD's budget. "White flight" as a basis for a lawsuit is discrimination against whites.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Oh boy!!! Hearne caught my eye because they're always looking for a Spanish teacher (year after year)...now I know why. Didn't know the situation. Never hear of Mumford looking for a Spanish teacher. The obvious answer to a lot of school problems is right before our eyes and we will NOT look at the solution---strict order and discipline, no matter what your race is. That means ALL students follow ALL rules All of the time. Period.

Thanks for posting this. Marvelous information.

[quebecois]

There is quite a bit that can be said about this article, but I'll just hit a few high points:

"This kind of white flight is just devastating to a school district like Hearne," said attorney Donald Henslee."

White people can't win for losing. If there are "too many" of us somewhere (like NASCAR, for instance), then the libs have a fit and demand that minorities be brought in for "diversity". If too many of us leave from somewhere...then that is a problem too....necessitating a lawsuit to drag us back. Has anyone ever noticed that the libs spend a heck of a lot of time trying to manipulate and control the white middle class?

"Although students of all races and ethnicities have transferred from Hearne to Mumford, it is the flight of the white students that has raised the most ire."

Why should this be? Isn't this racist itself? Why should the libs be any more concerned about the transfer of whites than blacks or hispanics?

"More importantly, the district loses approximately $5,500 in state aid for every student that leaves"

Well...it sounds like this may be the crux of the matter. The lousy school is PO'ed that the peasants are fleeing the fields for greener pastures. God forbid they'd actually attempt to attract more students back by improving the quality of the education they provide. They should just do what the E German commies did when confronted with the same problem...build a wall and shoot anyone who tries to escape. Its brutal, but more honest.

One final observation: Have you ever noticed that despite all of the complaining that blacks do about whites and about america....very few of them have ever left to live somewhere else? Very few have ever picked up and gone somewhere where they won't have to be around evil white people so much. They seem to get very nervous when there aren't many of us around. I wonder why that is?

[tickles]

Hearne school board members have complained that Mumford is stealing its most academically talented students, hurting Hearne's performance on state tests. >>>>>>>

oh since those transferring are mostly white what the school board is saying is the black students aren't academically talented and they really need the other races to keep their scores up. (isn't that racist?)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The latest:

Two school districts embroiled in racial tug of war (this one has it all: choice, naacp, money tug)***MUMFORD - About 70 white students were turned away from their schools here for two days this week as their parents, school administrators and civil rights attorneys fought the latest round in a racially charged legal battle between two small-town Central Texas school districts.

A ruling Friday will allow the students, who had transferred from lower-performing schools in nearby Hearne, to return to their classrooms in Mumford on Monday.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay to allow the transfer students to remain until a hearing in early October. Students, some of whom have attended the 460- student Mumford district since kindergarten, were banned earlier this week, after U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice ruled that their transfers violated federal desegregation laws by significantly altering the racial makeup of the school districts.

......"This is an education flee. They're running to get an education. It's not about race or color," said Tim Johnson, a 1985 graduate of Hearne High, whose 13-year-old son attends Mumford. "I feel sorry for the kids that are (at Hearne) and cannot get out and go somewhere else."

....."It was awful," said Reed, adding that teachers were starting to organize to home-school children who didn't want to attend Hearne schools.......***

[TheForceOfOne]

This topic was brought up on Bill O'Reilly tonight. He said the white students won a partial victory and it looks good for them.

[mdmathis6]

So what ever happened in the Mumford vs Hearne fight? The courts ever rule?