Duane Kelly, member of the Kansas City School Board, reacts during a meeting of the board, Wednesday
AP Photo/Ed Zurga
"The urban core has suffered white flight post-the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. the Board of Education, blockbusting by the real estate industry, redlining by banks and other financial institutions, retail and grocery store abandonment," Brooks said.
"And now the public education system is aiding and abetting in the economic demise of our school district," she said. "It is shameful and sinful."
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