In Ohio, Kelley Williams-Bolar, a 40-year-old African-American mother, served nine days in jail on a felony conviction for lying about her address so her two daughters could attend better schools.
Every year, parents in the Little Rock School District are doing the same thing - lying about their addresses and/or the custody of their children, to get those children in preferred public schools.
It is unconscionable that a failing system has forced parents to break the law just to educate their children. Read Kevin Huffman's story on Ms. Williams-Bolar below.
The Washington Post
Rosa Parks on the school bus
By Kevin Huffman
Monday, January 31, 2011
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