{"id":1601,"date":"2011-12-07T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2011-12-11T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T17:48:23","slug":"draft2-interdistrict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/07\/draft2-interdistrict\/","title":{"rendered":"School Choice &#8211;&gt; INTERDISTRICT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"internal-source-marker_0.3906337725929916\" href=\"http:\/\/smartchoices.trincoll.edu\/about.html\">INT<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/smartchoices.trincoll.edu\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">ERDISTRICT[1. \u201cSmartChoices: A Digital Guide to Public School Choice in the Greater Hartford Region,\u201d SmartChoices, n.d., http:\/\/smartchoices.trincoll.edu\/about.html.]<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nInterdistrict schools in Hartford give students and parents the ability to choose any type of school in more than one school district in Hartford and the surrounding suburbs. \u00a0By any type of school, we mean either a magnet, charter, or an open choice school. \u00a0For example, if you are a parent choosing the interdistrict route for your student, you are able to choose a magnet school, charter school or open choice school, in place of a Hartford Public School.<br \/>\nSince the Superior Court Case of Milo Sheff versus William O\u2019Neill, the Hartford School District has had an increased focus on racially integrating their schools. \u00a0According to the official Stipulation and Proposed Order,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cthe Connecticut Supreme Court on July 9, 1996, held that public school students in the City of Hartford attended schools that were racially, ethnically, and economically isolated in violation of the Connecticut Constitution, and urged the State to take prompt steps to seek to remedy the violation\u2026\u201d[2. Wesley Horton and Richard Blumenthal, \u201cSheff vs. O\u2019Neill: Stipulation and Proposed Order\u201d (Connecticut Supreme Court, April 4, 2008).]<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The interdistrict school choice option began to remedy these isolated schools. \u00a0The recent focus on a more racially integrated school system in Hartford is the main reason for opening options for families living in the city of Hartford to more than public schools in their areas. \u00a0The magnet schools use a completely revised and unique curriculum to bring students from all over Hartford to achieve the goal of integration. \u00a0Charter schools are \u201c\u2019chartered\u2019 by the State Board of Education, rather than a specific district.\u201d[3. \u201cSmartChoices: A Digital Guide to Public School Choice in the Greater Hartford Region,\u201d SmartChoices, n.d., http:\/\/smartchoices.trincoll.edu\/about.html.]<br \/>\n Finally, the open choice program allows urban students to attend public schools in suburban areas, and suburban students to attend public schools in urban areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERDISTRICT[1. \u201cSmartChoices: A Digital Guide to Public School Choice in the Greater Hartford Region,\u201d SmartChoices, n.d., http:\/\/smartchoices.trincoll.edu\/about.html.] Interdistrict schools in Hartford give students and parents the ability to choose any type of school in more than one school district in Hartford and the surrounding suburbs. \u00a0By any type of school, we mean either a magnet, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/2011\/12\/07\/draft2-interdistrict\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Choice &#8211;&gt; INTERDISTRICT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1999,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cssp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}