Alabama Judge:" a white city may secede from its racially diverse school district." [View all]

[dixiegrrrrl]

She said she was protecting black students from white people's anger.
Jus' helping out and all that.

The ruling by the Birmingham U.S. District Court allows the city of Gardendale, Alabama to secede from its larger, diverse school district to create its own. Gardendale is 88% white and wealthier than most neighboring cities. Its removal from the district will drastically reduce funding to the public school system.

Judge Madeline Haikala said the secession was racially motivated, that it could hinder desegregation, and would “assail the dignity of black schoolchildren,” but still ruled in its favor.

The Judge’s weak excuse was that blocking the ruling could cause angry white parents to blame black students, and that parents should have a larger say in how their school district is set up.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/04/28/alabama-just-brought-back-school-segregation/

In the town that I live in, back in not too distant past, the whites with money moved to the south of town, away from the mixed race city school district. They built houses, and when they had enough people to vote, they became a separate town, while sending their kids to a private academy which is
still, technically, within our city limits.

Schools are funded from the State General fund, not property taxes, unlike many other states.