High school crisis in Hyde Park Kenwood and Woodlawn
Readers urge Chicago School Board to build a new Hyde Park high school to preserve integration or face white flight and private schooling. They warn that projected white enrollment may fall below 5 percent, risking a segregated, underfunded future with mobile classrooms and new Woodlawn boundaries.
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Hyde Park Kenwood High School Dilemma Debate
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference urges a new Hyde Park Kenwood high school amid calls for integrated facilities as Woodlawn gets two segregated schools. Members criticize repeated school board delays and demand action after recent reaffirmation votes and hearings.
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Alderman Presses Faster Action to End Chicago Housing Segregation
Leon Despres argues Chicago must rapidly combat housing segregation to improve renewal, schools, and interracial stability. He urges city measures: outlaw discrimination, seek state power, urge federal housing orders, integrate lily white facilities, and have officials model integration, criticizing slow progress.
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Editors clash over district high school plans and numbers
A reader disputes Ed O Connell's letter on District 14 high school needs. He counters claims about a 6 000 to 7 000 student campus plan and discusses possible reductions to 3 500 by 1970. The letter also proposes sending District 14 students to CVS or Neal F Simeon Vocational School as an option.
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