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By Susan Arbetter New York State UPDATED 7:24 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:34 PM ET May. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:34 PM EDT May. 24, 2021
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The East Ramapo Central School District in Rockland County has been troubled for years. At its heart, it’s educational segregation. On its face, it’s a collision of race and culture.
About 30,000 white children represent 99% of the private school population. These are ultra-Orthodox children who attend private Yeshivas.
About 9,000 students of color represent 96% of the public school population.
Yet fiscal monitors report that the school board, which is dominated by members of the ultra-Orthodox community, has funded bussing and special education for the Yeshivas, to the detriment of the public schools where teachers and programs have been cut, gr