TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
The
Tucson Unified School District voted on a plan that could help the district end
its decades old desegregation order.
Tonight
board members gave the green light for the return of Mexican American Studies
classes.
It was a
narrow 3 to 2 vote, but the board decided to not object to including culturally
relevant courses as core curriculum.
Basically,
Mexican American Studies could return as part of a federal unitary plan to end
TUSD's desegregation order.
The board
approved what it's sending to a federal judge and will know officially what
it has to do next month.
Since
neither they nor the plaintiffs object to the classes being core curriculum, this is a victory for Mexican American Studies supporters tonight, a much
quieter one than the many that dealt with ending Mexican American Studies.
Supporters
say a newer version of the plan going to the judge includes specifying Mexican American Studies as opposed to just culturally relevant courses.
If this
is included in the judge's final plan next month, and why would he hold off
of something both sides agree on, supporters say the classes could be offered
in all high schools next fall.
You can read the 60-page plan online to see what the district could have to do.
Copyright 2012 Tucson News Now. All rights reserved.
