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A THREAD w/ something for everybody: desegregation, schools, childcare, & transportation!
Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) didn't desegregate til the 1980's. Most of the process would be familiar if you’ve seen desegregation anywhere: Busing, awkwardly drawn boundaries, etc. 1/
Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) didn't desegregate til the 1980's. Most of the process would be familiar if you’ve seen desegregation anywhere: Busing, awkwardly drawn boundaries, etc. 1/
The story of my kids' school(s) is unique in Ann Arbor, though it has happened elsewhere. For this section of the city, there used to be 4 elementary schools, 2 majority white, north of Eisenhower, and 2 majority Black, south of Eisenhower. 2/
Like most places, school segregation is inseparable from housing segregation. The majority Black schools were in majority Black neighborhoods (now more mixed, but still majority BIPOC and/or immigrant), and the majority white schools were in majority white neighborhoods. 3/
