The Darien Board of Education voted Tuesday to narrowly reject moving forward with plans to participate in a pilot Open Choice program that would bring 16 Norwalk students to the district, despite support from the board chairperson and a passionate call to action by the superintendent of schools.
State officials are expected to present a final settlement in the Sheff v. O’Neill case that spurred decades of work to correct racial segregation and educational inequality in Connecticut.
More than 30 years have passed since the beginning of a legal journey that has led to one of the most groundbreaking court decisions concerning civil rights and.
A settlement given preliminary approval Thursday by a Connecticut judge in a long-running desegregation case would increase school choice options for students.