Will new map hurt U-46 diversity, then success?
When Tim Davis greeted his first class of Lords Park Elementary School
students 26 years ago, there was one bilingual child in the group.
The student recently had arrived from Vietnam.
Today, English is the second language for half Davis' fifth-graders,
most of whom are Latino.
"When I arrived, the school's families typically were young, urban
professional. We weren't very diverse," Davis said.
That changed through the years as the school on Elgin's east side
welcomed clusters of Asian and black students.
But it wasn't until a steady influx of Latinos during the past 10 years
that the percentage of Spanish-speaking students at Lords Park
skyrocketed from zero to nearly 40 percent.
Such change was dramatic, far-reaching and welcome.
"I like diversity," said second-grade teacher Sherry Olsen...
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Why is this change Welcome? What is wrong with these people?
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