A largely Somali school is pushed -- again -- to diversify

04-23-2010

Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

For the second time in as many years, a largely Somali charter school is being pushed to diversify. School leaders have tried to draw new students in with advertisements and brochures. Despite those efforts, San Diego Unified staffers say Iftin Charter School is still 96 percent African American -- a much higher share than the population in its City Heights neighborhood and San Diego Unified at large. It was formed by parents, many of them Somali refugees who were unhappy with local schools. Charter schools, which are independently run and publicly funded, must get approval from school districts to start up and continue to operate. California law requires charters to meet a long list of conditions, including having a racial makeup that reflects their neighborhoods. (more...)

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