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Joe Nathan, Director of the Center for School Change, reports that a fascinating story is being played out in Topeka, home of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case, Brown versus Board of Education. The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, led by Cheryl Brown Henderson, is seeking to create Sumner-Lassiter Academy, a public charter school. Founders want the school to be housed in the building that Linda Brown was denied access to more than 50 years ago. The city currently owns the Sumner Elementary building and the school district estimates renovations could top $3 million. Former Topeka principal Sandra Lassiter, one of the school's leaders, said she asked for the charter because "too many children, black and white, lack basic skills. We want to work with the students with greatest needs." Kansas law allows only local districts to grant charters. The Topeka Board is being urged to approve the proposal.
Source: Hometown Source
Date: 12/12/2006
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