![]() Wilberding said residents approached him six months ago to help formulate the petition. school board ousts both principals parents upset It’s not that they’re opposed to something else - or this, that, or the other - but fundamentally want to improve their own lives, and their families, and their properties.” “I think the residents are trying to look out for what’s best for themselves and their families. “We would deny that and we’re disappointed they would say that,” said attorney Merle Wilberding. Not true, a lawyer for the petitioners said. “Petitioners’ request would result in greater racial and economic segregation and would exacerbate the academic divide amongst minorities, low-income and more privileged students,” Justice wrote, alleging “racial animus” motivated the petition. Similar documents from Valley View show the Germantown-area district is 95.7 percent white. students are minorities, primarily African Americans, according to district data. and Valley View.Ībout 83.4 percent of Jefferson Twp. Of all the data, student race may be the starkest contrast between Jefferson Twp. Valley View has a median income of $37,399. ranks in the bottom 20 percent of Ohio school districts in median income at $28,369. “This number is remarkable for all districts, but particularly so when considered in light of the lower enrollment numbers and special circumstances surrounding the district, including high poverty, high incidence of transiency and homeless, and special needs population.” schools’ attorney, wrote in a letter to the state. “This year, nine students received college degrees while attending JTLSD,” Tabitha Justice, the Jefferson Twp. Valley View graduates 96.1 percent in the same time. The township schools graduate 86.7 percent of students in five years. ![]()
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