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Dis-Integration

Richardson ISD's student demographics have significantly changed. The makeup of its school board hasn't.

Only one person of color has ever served on the Richardson ISD board. Now, he's suing the district over its method of electing school board members, alleging it denies people of color a fair say in who represents them.

Karen Hill (sp?) in her home in the Hamilton Park subdivision of Dallas. Her father, A. Maceo Johnson was a school teacher and had other prominent career rolls in education and served on the Dallas Civil Service Commission.

Dis-Integration

Decades after an extensive federal desegregation order, the collective drive to racially integrate Texas’ schools has crumbled.

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Richardson ISD Board meeting, President Justin Bono, Sept 10, 2018.

A district's changing face

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Targeting a “relic of the district’s segregated past”

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Changing standards

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Reframing the argument

David Tyson is a former Richardson ISD board member who served on the school board from 2004 to 2010. The Richardson Independent School District includes Dallas, Richardson and Garland, Texas. Tyson is suing the board, alleging that it's at-large election system violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act and produces an all white board that contributes to school segregation. A portrait of his wife, Linda, hangs above the fireplace in their home in the North Lake Highlands suburb of Dallas.

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