CAMPUS POLICY TO MAKE IT HARDER
FOR SOMEONE TO GET INTO
SCHOOLS.
HIS PROPOSAL MIGHT COST MORE
THAN $1 MILLION.
NO WORD ON WHERE THE MONEY WILL
COME FROM.
THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO BRING
STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS TOGETHER.
THAT, AFTER A STUDY BY A+
SCHOOLS COLORADO FOUND DPS
CLASSROOMS ARE SEGREGATED BY
RACE AND ECONOMIC CLASS.
OUR JOEL HILLAN REPORTING ON
THAT FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB WHERE PARENTS ARE TALKING
ABOUT SOLUTIONS.
WHAT DO THEY HOPE COMES FROM
THESE MEETINGS? Reporter: ANY
TIME THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
INTEGRATION, THEY ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT KEEPING THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER.
THERE WAS ALSO CONCERN ABOUT
THOSE STUDENTS, THE POOREST OF
WHICH COULD BE LEFT BEHIND.
I TALKED TO SOME STUDENTS AND
ADMINISTRATORS AT THE DENVER
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY TODAY.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR MODELS
SHOULD SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF
PROPER INTEGRATION IN DENVER
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Reporter:
DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY STAPLETON IS
LOCATED IN A PART OF DENVER
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
BURBS.
INSIDE THE SCHOOL, YOU FIND
STUDENTS FROM ALL
BACKGROUNDS. THERE ARE A LOT
OF RELIGIONS.
THERE ARE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
YOU DON'T REALLY SEE RACES IN
THE SCHOOL. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT
FOR MANY OTHER SCHOOLS.
Reporter: MARIAM IS A
FRESHMAN AND HOPES TO ONE DAY
BECOME A PEDIATRICIAN.
IS A MUSLIM GIRL, SHE SAYS SHE
FEELS NO BARRIERS NOR LIMITS.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.
THE TEACHERS SUPPORT YOU.
Reporter: SCHOOL DIRECTOR
JEFF DEATHERAGE SAYS
INTEGRATION IS KEY TO THE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND IS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE SEGREGATION
HE SEES IN OTHER DPS SCHOOLS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINS
SEGREGATED.
THEREFORE, THE SCHOOLS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINS
SEGREGATED.
THEN WE DON'T GET THE BENEFITS
OF AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL FOR
ANYONE. Reporter: STUDENTS
FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TAKE
PRIORITY IN THE STUDENT
LOTTERY. YOU CAN SEE WHERE
OTHER PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM.
YOU CAN GET A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE ON HOW SOMEONE
MIGHT DO SOMETHING. Reporter:
THIS PUBLIC MEETING WILL GO
UNTIL 7:30 PM TONIGHT.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE ON
MARCH 21.
A+ COLORADO ASKS THAT YOU SIGN
UP BEFORE COMING TO THE
MEETING.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
