Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
Perhaps the ideal geographic perspective for viewing this topic is from a laplander's point of view. Lapland is the area of Waterloo which lies within the Cedar Falls Community School District boundaries. Where there was once a clear physical separation between Waterloo and Cedar Falls, there is now essentially no such discernible division. In those earlier times, this lapland area was a largely open region separating the communities, with a portion of the zone officially designated as the Cedar Heights School District.
We of the 700 or so household addresses of this sector send our municipal taxes to Waterloo, where the student population diversity includes 25% African American, 1.2% Asian-Pacific Islander, 1.5% Hispanic and 0.3% American Indian-Alaskan Native. Because of the reorganization considerations now nearly obscured by time, we send our children to Cedar Falls, where 2.66% of the student body is Asian-Pacific Islander, 2.36% African American, 0.8% Hispanic and 0.5% American Indian-Alaskan Native. The differences are apparent, and it is, from a purely demographic standpoint, likely that the numerical indicators of separateness may grow in the next decade.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
37
Last Page
39
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1997 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Brooks, Clair E.
(1997)
"Student-led Diversity Programs Essential Element for District Education,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol7/iss1/15
