What's more, Henslee said, the practice violates the federal desegregation order that governs Texas. While the order allows students to transfer from one school district to another as long as the receiving school district can accommodate them, it expressly prohibits transfers that will alter the racial makeup of either school district by more than 1 percent.Gosh, that wouldn't have been a ruling by a liberal activist judge, would it?
St. Petersburg is grappling with this formula too. It is running into trouble across the country and it's coming from parents of all shades.