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Desegregation Busing Correlates With White Flight In Boston
Initial attendance figures after three days of court ordered busing show whites staying home or moving to suburbs, with lowest turnout in bused areas. Elementary grades report sharp white declines, parochial school shift feared, black elementary enrollment rising, citywide white turnout near 47 percent against a projected 50.6. Roxbury and Jeremiah Burke High Schools exhibit particularly low white attendance while overall high schools show higher white participation. Boston School Supt. Marion Fahey notes typical urban attendance around 85 percent.
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