Majority-minority school districts increasing in Minnesota

[Guno צְבִי]

The demographic shift is happening more rapidly then predicted



When John Landgaard became superintendent of Worthington Public Schools 15 years ago, students of color made up about 38 percent of the southwestern Minnesota district’s student population. Not anymore. Today, that number is 67 percent. In the 2007-08 school year, Worthington became the first district in Greater Minnesota — aside from a handful of districts located near American Indian reservations — to become majority-minority.

“I think our diverse population will stay between 70 to 80 percent,” Landgaard said. “But you just never know. It depends a bit on how your community grows, what businesses come in, and the employment opportunities for citizens.”

Worthington’s experience is a dramatic example of a district becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, but it is also an increasingly common one: There are now 27 majority-minority school districts in Minnesota — double the number there was just five years ago. Today, nearly a quarter of students in public school districts in Minnesota are in majority-minority districts (MinnPost looked at type 1 school districts, public elementary and secondary districts, which includes most school districts in Minnesota, and type 3 districts, which include Minneapolis and South St. Paul.

http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/...rity-school-districts-increasing-in-minnesota

 

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The demographic shift is happening more rapidly then predicted



When John Landgaard became superintendent of Worthington Public Schools 15 years ago, students of color made up about 38 percent of the southwestern Minnesota district’s student population. Not anymore. Today, that number is 67 percent. In the 2007-08 school year, Worthington became the first district in Greater Minnesota — aside from a handful of districts located near American Indian reservations — to become majority-minority.

“I think our diverse population will stay between 70 to 80 percent,” Landgaard said. “But you just never know. It depends a bit on how your community grows, what businesses come in, and the employment opportunities for citizens.”

Worthington’s experience is a dramatic example of a district becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, but it is also an increasingly common one: There are now 27 majority-minority school districts in Minnesota — double the number there was just five years ago. Today, nearly a quarter of students in public school districts in Minnesota are in majority-minority districts (MinnPost looked at type 1 school districts, public elementary and secondary districts, which includes most school districts in Minnesota, and type 3 districts, which include Minneapolis and South St. Paul.

http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/...rity-school-districts-increasing-in-minnesota

What was predicted and what are the numbers today?

 

[Irish Exit]

How are the property values in those districts? Out city school system is minority-majority and our city has made across the board cuts to property assessments, while houses sit no time on the market in the white-flight paradise folks are moving to just outside our northwestern city limits.

 

[CFM]

The demographic shift is happening more rapidly then predicted



When John Landgaard became superintendent of Worthington Public Schools 15 years ago, students of color made up about 38 percent of the southwestern Minnesota district’s student population. Not anymore. Today, that number is 67 percent. In the 2007-08 school year, Worthington became the first district in Greater Minnesota — aside from a handful of districts located near American Indian reservations — to become majority-minority.

“I think our diverse population will stay between 70 to 80 percent,” Landgaard said. “But you just never know. It depends a bit on how your community grows, what businesses come in, and the employment opportunities for citizens.”

Worthington’s experience is a dramatic example of a district becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, but it is also an increasingly common one: There are now 27 majority-minority school districts in Minnesota — double the number there was just five years ago. Today, nearly a quarter of students in public school districts in Minnesota are in majority-minority districts (MinnPost looked at type 1 school districts, public elementary and secondary districts, which includes most school districts in Minnesota, and type 3 districts, which include Minneapolis and South St. Paul.

http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/...rity-school-districts-increasing-in-minnesota

And the performance levels (continuing to IHE and dropout rate) are worse than the state averages.

 

[CFM]

How are the property values in those districts? Out city school system is minority-majority and our city has made across the board cuts to property assessments, while houses sit no time on the market in the white-flight paradise folks are moving to just outside our northwestern city limits.

The continuing on to an IHE and dropout rates for that district are worse than the state averages.

 

[CFM]

The demographic shift is happening more rapidly then predicted



When John Landgaard became superintendent of Worthington Public Schools 15 years ago, students of color made up about 38 percent of the southwestern Minnesota district’s student population. Not anymore. Today, that number is 67 percent. In the 2007-08 school year, Worthington became the first district in Greater Minnesota — aside from a handful of districts located near American Indian reservations — to become majority-minority.

“I think our diverse population will stay between 70 to 80 percent,” Landgaard said. “But you just never know. It depends a bit on how your community grows, what businesses come in, and the employment opportunities for citizens.”

Worthington’s experience is a dramatic example of a district becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, but it is also an increasingly common one: There are now 27 majority-minority school districts in Minnesota — double the number there was just five years ago. Today, nearly a quarter of students in public school districts in Minnesota are in majority-minority districts (MinnPost looked at type 1 school districts, public elementary and secondary districts, which includes most school districts in Minnesota, and type 3 districts, which include Minneapolis and South St. Paul.

http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/...rity-school-districts-increasing-in-minnesota

There is one majority minority congressional district that was gerrymandered to pander to the blacks in the State. It has the lowest median income of all district,the highest poverty level of all districts, and a greater than 20% use of food stamps.