It required school districts that had previously maintained a «dual» school system to take all steps necessary to convert to a «unitary» school system, one in which no schools are «racially identifiable,» because the enrollment of each school reflects the racial balance of
the school district as a whole.
In each case, the school district relies upon an individual student's race in assigning that student to a particular school, so that the racial balance at the school falls within a predetermined range based on the racial composition of
the school district as a whole.
This plan labeled «racially imbalanced» any school at which the percentage of black students exceeded by more than 20 % the minority population of
the school district as a whole.
In fact, teachers» grading standards often vary as much within a single school as within
the school district as a whole.
She also is confident that the program will improve
the school district as a whole.
Superintendent — The superintendent oversees the daily operations of
the school district as a whole.
Although these families live in wealthy black neighborhoods themselves,
the school districts as a whole are usually not as wealthy compared to white suburbs because they have a closer proximity to poorer black areas (Lacy, 2007).