Haja sheriff
Urban economics
Project part 2
Growing up in long island I’ve witnessed a lot of segregation and I’ve also been a part of it. In my opinion the school districts are a big part of the reason we are so separated starting at a young age this covers into our adult hood. There are five schools in the Sewanhaka school district and all schools are different in their own way mostly because of the students that attend the schools. The five schools consist of Floral Park Memorial High School, Carey high school, New Hyde Park High School, Elmont High School and Sewanhaka High School. Floral park in a majority white high school I know this because I went to this school. Elmont memorial high school is a majority black this school is only five minutes from Floral Park Memorial High school so why is it this way? Because of restrictions and rules that students have to abide by. I think that the district should students go to any school in the district and that make them go to a school based on where they live. Doing this would eliminate the segregation among these school district and cause more diversity.
One factor that contributes to this problem is where certain schools are. Elmont memorial high school is very close to queens, queens consist of many black kids and if you live close enough to Elmont but live in queens you’re able to go to that school. People who live in Floral Park aren’t able to attend Elmont Memorial High school and floral park in a majority white town because I lived in floral park I was forced to go to floral park but I couldn’t attend Elmont Memorial High School. This was a restriction that stopped me from attending the school I wanted to attend and because people from Floral Park aren’t able to attend Elmont Memorial High School it will remain majority black just like the town it’s in.
A diverse school in the district is sewanhaka high school because it’s placed right in the middle of the town more students have access to it. I think that if the district makes it easier for us to attend any school we desire it would naturally make the schools less segregated and become more together. I know that there are reasons and rules to way certain students can’t attend certain schools I think to keep it under control only the students that live in the towns of Elmont, New Hyde Park and Floral Park should be able to access these five schools.