enrollment practices of students
going to Girard City Schools.
27 First News Reporter Nadine
Grimley spoke with
superindendents of
both districts today -- and
joins us live in the studio with
their reaction tonight.
Dave and Mandy -- District
officials in Liberty say
statistically speaking the
students leaving their district
and going Girard is creating a
racial imbalance in Liberty
JOSEPH NOHRA/SUPT. LIBERTY
LOCAL SCHOOLS: "IF WE
CONTINUE TO ALLOW THIS THEN IN
ESSENCE WE WOULD BE IN
SUPPORT OF SEGREATATION, SO
WE'RE TAKING A STAND."
Liberty Superintendent Joseph
Nohra says each year the
district loses about 250 kids
to open enrollment, 100 of which
attend Girard.
JOSEPH NOHRA/SUPT. LIBERTY
LOCAL SCHOOLS: "WE
BELIEVE AT THIS POINT WHEN
UPWARDS OF OVER 90% OF THOSE
STUDENTS OK ARE NON MINORITY
STUDENTS THAT WE BELIEVE AT
THIS POINT THAT IT'S CREATING A
RACIAL IMBALANCE IN OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT." It's this reason --
and a revenue loss of
about 610-thousand dollars each
year because of the large number
of Liberty-
natives enrolling in Girard,
that the board of education is
taking action.
Passing a resolution, stating
that the district quote "will no
longer grant open enrollment
consent for native Caucasian
students to the Girard City
School District."
DAVID CAPPUZELLO/SUPT. GIRARD
CITY SCHOOLS: "FOR
THE SCHOOL UP NORTH THAT WANTS
TO YOU KNOW PRESENT A
CASE AS TO THIS IT'S JUST MIND
BOGGLING RIGHT NOW." Girard
Superintendent David Cappuzello
says what their district has to
offer when it
comes to classes and
extracurriculars is why students
want to enroll there.
DAVID CAPPUZELLO/SUPT. GIRARD
CITY SCHOOLS: "YOU'RE LOSING 250
STUDENTS FOM A DISTRICT, YOU
KNOW HE'S
CLAIMING WE TAKE 100. WHERE'S
THE OTHER 150 GOING? AND THEN
WHY ARE
YOU LOSING 250 KIDS A YEAR? AND
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?"
Liberty's School Board isn't
saying never. Members said in
the resolution passed last
night, that they will reconsider
when quote- racial balance
becomes proportional.
Live in the studio Nadine
Grimley WKBN 27 First News.
