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Another reform which was dis- SCHOOLSoverwhelming number of [Boston Latin students] come from private, parochial or the Metco programs in the suburban schools," says Alkins...
...There is no level playing field in the Boston public school system. An overwhelming number of [Boston Latin students] come from private, parochial or the Metco programs in the suburban schools," says Alkins...
...million in additional funding for the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program, bringing the budget to $14.3 million. METCO, a program designed to combat segregation in education, pays for the transportation of Black Boston youths to suburban schools...
Washington's election "is a message clear across the country," that reinforces "the potential power that Blacks can have," added Williams, who works at METCO, which arranges for inner-city Black students to study at suburban high schools
...those who have chosen exit from the mainstream schools have left Boston. The Latin schools have furnished a traditional haven for white, middle class residents and METCO, a program that voluntarily buses minority students to suburban schools, remains an option for thousands of blacks. Also, Boston, as might be expected of any predominantly Catholic city, has a significant parochial school system. Robert B. Schwartz '59. Mayor Kevin H. White's education expert, estimates that one-third of all white school-age children in Boston attend parochial schools. Nonwhites comprise only 20 per cent of the city's population, yet they...