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AgentDaxis t1_j7n3fgk wrote

Reply to comment by No-Setting9690 in Landmark Pa. school funding case decided: The state’s system is unconstitutional by Hashslingingslashar

Modern day segregation.

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[deleted] t1_j7n4t6s wrote

Just look at all of the school districts founded shortly after the Brown v Board ruling of 1954.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7nbroo wrote

All 501+ of them, right?

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[deleted] t1_j7nib7l wrote

Not sure I'm following. School districts in PA already existed before desegregation, and many/most localities ignored the 1881 state law banning segregation in schools. When 1954 rolled around we see school districts splintering, often along racial and economic lines and a ton of new school districts pop up.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7nmyg2 wrote

Schools and school districts existed in PA prior to 1954. Indeed, if memory serves, there were more than 1,000 districts at one point. Some towns had shared buildings but the "districts" as we know them today were reduced to the current number (more or less), but that did not occur until about 1960. The current DOE setup occurred around 1970. Some of today's districts have more than 1 high school. 3 have none.

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[deleted] t1_j7noo6u wrote

Oh yeah I was probably to broad in my statement. Education system of rural PA underwent a major overhaul during that era. I was referring more to centers of black Pennsylvanians and how desegregation caused school districts like York City which were already consolidated to be fractured.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7nps6g wrote

How many school districts today in the city of York?

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[deleted] t1_j7nqzpq wrote

One main district and 3 that carved out the "desirable" sections. If I remember correctly two of them were established within 2 years of Brown.

One of them was almost completely within the city's district before it splintered.

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