All eyes on Eden Prairie school boundary vote

Kelly Smith:

An Eden Prairie school board vote on attendance zones may have broad impact on desegregation and neighborhood schools.

When Eden Prairie's seven school board members convene Tuesday night, the controversial decision they are set to make about redrawing school boundary lines will be of keen interest throughout the metro area.

Will they back a plan that will move 1,100 elementary students next fall to new schools, largely to reduce segregation in schools? Or will they scale back in response to a huge parental outcry and make fewer changes or nix the plan altogether?

Bloomington and other metro-area suburban school districts, which also face increasingly diverse student demographics, are watching Eden Prairie's move. Bloomington's school board chair attended Eden Prairie meetings to watch how feedback was handled.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 20, 2010 5:34 AM
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