Madison Parents Seek Court Order to Open Enroll into Monona Grove School District

Andy Hall:

Madison resident Allison Cizek, 5, is about to enter kindergarten, but a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restricts the use of race in assigning children to schools may influence which school district she attends.

Allison 's parents, Jeff and Jennifer Cizek, filed a petition in Dane County Circuit Court on Thursday seeking an immediate court order that would allow her to attend Taylor Prairie School in the Monona Grove School District this fall.

"I wouldn 't be spending money on this if it wasn 't important to me, " Jeff Cizek said Friday evening.

"The color of a person 's skin doesn 't matter. They should all be treated the same. "

The family 's attempts to transfer Allison from Madison to Monona Grove have been rejected by Madison School District officials who ruled that because she is white, her departure would increase racial imbalance in her Madison school.

Allison 's family lives on Madison 's Southwest Side in the 2800 block of Muir Field Road. The home is in the Madison School District 's Huegel Elementary attendance area.

But her mother teaches in the Monona Grove School District, and last year Allison attended a pre-kindergarten program in that district east of Madison.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 28, 2007 6:47 AM
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