Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. (I prepared these notes for a talk I gave on “Truth-killers: The Corporate Media and the - William J. Astore for Antiwar.com Original
8th Graders Prohibited From Non Assigned High Schools after 2/4
An urgent notice recently went out to parents of Yakima School District incoming high school Freshmen that students will be prohibited from registering to attend a high school outside of their zoned neighborhood after February 4th.
According to the YSD website, YSD7.org, high schools offer open enrollment for resident students on a first-come, first-served basis. YSD Communications Director, Kirsten Fitterer confirmed the February 4th cutoff date in a Facebook comment on one Davis High School teacher s public page.
I remember being an 8th grader (I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee) and having to decide which high school I was going to attend. I was zoned to Stratford High (which is now a STEM magnet school) but I wanted to attend the same high school as my best friend at the time, Sarah. Sarah was zoned for Maplewood Comprehensive High and the only way I could make my attending Maplewood dream a reality was to enrol