How long will whites put up with this discrimination?<\/p>\n
NEWS<\/a>: NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, as the school faces layoffs and increased class sizes due to a law limiting funds for schools with a higher white student body.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles Unified School District provides more funding for schools where the white population is below 30 percent.<\/p>\n In a letter to parents, the district noted the highly regarded middle school had been above the percentage for the past couple years.<\/p>\n The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.<\/p>\n Parents, however, remain frustrated with what the cuts might mean for their children.<\/p>\n “When your class sizes are getting larger and you’re taking resources away from students, I mean ss parents, you do want your kid to go out to college,” one parent, Rosemary Estrada, said.<\/p>\n In an attempt to lessen the budget cuts, the district changed the school’s spending formula to one based on the number of students.<\/p>\n “Thankfully we’re going to keep our librarian. We’re going to keep our nurse, but we may lose a few teachers, but not as many as we once thought,” said Sheila Edmiston, one student’s parent.<\/p>\n Several jobs will still be lost and class sizes could grow. For many parents, the race-based reason of “too many white students” has made the cuts more difficult to swallow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How long will whites put up with this discrimination? NEWS: NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, as the school faces layoffs and increased class sizes due to a law … Continue reading