allow families to make choices
that they want to make for
their families that is not
just the school system, its
going to take everybody)
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>LOCAL LEADERS
LIKE PEORIA MAYOR JIM ARDIS
AND STATE SENATOR DAVE KOEHLER
ALSO WEIGHED IN ON THE ISSUE
IN THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION.
YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THE
FULL ARTICLE ON OUR WEBSITE CI-
PROUD DOT COM.
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>AND IN THAT
SAME ARTICLE -- BLOOMINGTON-
NORMAL SCHOOLS WERE MENTIONED
AS SEGREGATED DISTRICTSMUNASHE
KWANGWARI SPOKE WITH THE
REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S
SUPERINTENDENT AND JOINS US -
WITH WHAT HE BELIEVES ARE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS<<Munashe
Kwangwari>>YEAH -- THE ARTICLE
SAYS JUST 15 YEARS AGO, THE
BLOOMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 87
HAD A MAJORITY-WHITE STUDENT
BODY. NOW IT DOES NOT. IT
GOES ON TO SAY -- ROUGHLY
EVERY 1 IN 3 WHITE STUDENTS
LEFT THE DISTRICT TO PURSUE
OTHER EDUCATIONAL
OPPURTUNITIES.SUPERINTENDENT
MARK JONTRY SAYS THE ISSUE IS
CENTERED ON THE ABILITY SOME
FAMILIES HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF
THE DISTRICT. HE SAYS THE
FAMILIES ARE DOING THIS
BECAUSE THEY THINK IT WILL
LEAD TO A BETTER EDUCATION....
ADDING 11 PERCENT OF FAMILIES
DO THIS ANNUALLY.
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<<(COULD BE A CASE WHERE A LOT
OF THOSE HIGHER POPULATION
STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY MOVING
BACK AND FORTH JUST WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY. THEY'RE NOT
NECESSARILY LEAVING THE
COMMUNITY BUT THEY'RE JUST
GOING BACK AN FORTH WITHIN
BLOOMINGTON- NORMAL.)
>HE WENT
ON TO SAY THE DISTRICT LEADERS
WILL LOOK AT THE DATA AND IF
THEY DETERMINE SOMETHING IS
WRONG -- THEY WILL DO THEIR
BEST TO FIX IT.
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