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  • Case Files, Sheff v. O'Neill Hardbacks. News Clippings Re: Rejection of the Willie Plan, 1990. cd865215-a346-f011-877a-002248226c06. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/c5211068-204f-4b46-8cf4-157e6bff0cc9/news-clippings-re-rejection-of-the-willie-plan. Accessed July 29, 2025.

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; tening to. the community, taking 
+ their input and shifting priorities. 
4. from Le 2 student assignment proce fess improving -the quality of i, hit wi ll wus students, I i) ¢ 

oft Alde rien" Joted inaniiolsly 
re month to! form. a task force to” 
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THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL May 24, 1990 PCy 1 of 3 

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(Dipikassignment problems, remain’ 5 
FEARS Ak “Tor overhauling the way parents iol hor is eal A   

Sous schools for their children. Robert ;.. ever, oo a couple. of schools Ygula, be iminedi- 

TA Peterkin, superintendent of Milwaukee * tel affected. 9." bE i IEE Lf fa 

“11, -Publie ¢ Schools, has’ scra most of a ‘consul’. + For’ now," then, ie pil, sosignient ‘Process, 

i ; tant’ S$ ‘recommendations or redoing the ‘pupil ¥ will ‘femdin more’ ee although an” 

Q ; assignment pricedure after parents: dumped : * advisory group will study wn ‘made’ by 

i heavily on the p Although he. fod Magee the parents at public hearings. Yet these problems 

+ proposal Betcrrin' obvi : xX #0 2 ERT it of ik persisticy 4 &dhy gm 

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2 his Togsesusrd Hi 3 a ’ , Temain irtually’ all- 

A Avi Left! REE 3 “Peop le di idn see “black, {more “than a 

a result, * are ‘glaring’ “that they were gong ‘ decade after the desegre- 

problenis’ in’ the ‘pupil. = 10 gain, only that pation process here 

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5% lose. Bitifs REI schools still 100 low 13 | 
1 ‘Charles Willie‘proposed. 

"would have y Begin to, A 3. Superintendent Peterkin I, , meet demand, * Jat 
5 : remedy at’ least a few” Li Ane aly bi: rs SNR: a (54 in 5.0 Busing’, Toutes” a6 

.. , inequities. i ig Ef E pe 55 EE ‘as [Complex‘sz=r “and | 
illing 10 i expensive: LZ ag ever.vAt the same timé, black . 

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| that they were going to gain, only, that Joey were : ‘Those problems’ ‘should not” go" “drieniadied 

© going to lose,” Peterkin said. 55; 5 hia ny fle "much longer, no matter how. little parents Jike 

¥ “The superintendent is recommending a. ooup le i some ‘of the correctives.. True, by junking the | 

" uf helpful changes in. the task of matching D up oh : Willie plan, Peterkin. freed ‘himself to concentrate | 

1+". io schools, but they amount to little" more. hans on” educational reform.” But, academic imprave- 

ih ‘fine-tuning. He suggests. that parents’ rank their *¢ ment doesn’t occur in'a ‘vacuum A fair, acogunits 

i top Vrs th. choices all at one time, and: scrap’ thet able pupil assignment process could be an impor: 
8 tagé procedure in which hey. ‘select By tant building block in reforming MPS, 3 30! ; Ae i 

nth sage anti they find : HERE MAY bé better correctives, than, what 

AF Eon ik age R Willie urged, bit parents. have: (in 
hy icons e process 7s 2 that no’ ‘proposal will satisfy all i 

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THE -MULIYAURER E_SENTINEL, May 8, 1990 
  

did be. poll ans under * ind ho : 
of “ment, ‘plan being” developad School : 

; oid Vice Président | horas = : 

2 Sore ‘Tnterested “Sfciale have seen 0 he 

  

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pave Begel ‘said’ BO. one. at the’ ‘central 
(office has seen It," 4d i, a du i 
iy. Pafewski’s’ plan’ would ba an “alterna. R 
“ve to the “Willie Plan” that would divide i 
the district {nta two attendance’ zones.” |] 

n 1 $School Board ‘members have Indicated i 
the. Willie Plan must be changed before’ 
“they would accept it, and district officlals 
are aménding It to reflect concerns ex- 
Joined by the board and publle. ©" I ; 

“Psjewskl’s plan calls for allowing pars 
aA "efts to Send their orig to any. Milwau- 3 
4 50 public stasel, ¥en hy SELL 
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ji id series of outlying. ‘schools. will ba 5 

ed with each Inner City school that 

oes not. have “classrooms. 10 ACCOMmO- 

a ihe children who do live around that 

*sehooly” Raja wrote, In 4! document J 

ioptalned by e Milwaukee Sentinel.’ “For % 

tfack, of &. ek ‘word, Be } tbs : 

pctiools ‘partner schools,” TR pe Eo
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Fvould provide sortation, or, 12008. 

Sof distance and safety tq magnet schools, ", 
Zoeigh purhond Sheol or Sn bool, 
Topi “Sef holy lL 

have whi thes oie 
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any school that maintains a racial balance’ © in 

i Sa and 50% whits, it sald. ES 

E¢{Excep t for those tc oy Sli Fale, 5 
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Tlewskl’ wrote. “Many “current atten. 

[dance-area “schools could become. 

magnet schools while’ retaining theft. 

{neighborhood ‘preference and, Shelf. 

sgurrent educational program.’,” cis not 

¥" During an faterview 7 Monday, Pas 

ey wski said the “égsential. difference 
tween the Willle Plan and his ls 

‘that the former tried to achleve go 

Feria racially balanced system.” id 

= In his plam, Pajewiki ‘ald,’ the 
la uestion to be. answered is, : 

) ‘what level of school desegregation ¢ do- 

ie need to prevent past: abuses?” EAN 

The district's general gldeling’ 

y Fhow is to maintain schools. at 85%. p 

hinerity and 35% White. in dg 

The existing pupil assignment 

toes contributes to residents’ dls- 

content with the school system, Pa- 

Jewski wrote, 5 of ERE TH I RA 

244 “The Issue Is emotionally charged, 

“defying honest ‘philosophical dis. 

. course,” he wrote. “So we Keep hop- 

‘ing that we can deal with this discon 1 

4tent: by improving: «our schools: 

without having to address the assign:. 2 

ment question. ",. : - 

ri: But’ you “cannot vos. pareatal; 

{involvement dnd school-based, man... 

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dent Robert S, Peterkin's decision 
to drop the Willie plan's key but 
controversial proposals for’ 
revamping the way students are 
assigned 10 ‘schools sends a strong’ 
signal to teachers and parents that 
school. reform is his No, | priority. 
And while Peterkin, clearly 

would have preferred to use. stu- 
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boost the ‘number. of students 
attending schools in their  neighborf’ : 

It was ‘developed by pk fd : 
- Charles V, Willie, a 0 of 
> education and urban studies al 
. Harvard University’s Graduats' 
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address a number 0 ongstanding 
problems; the high cost of busing, 

* the busing of a disproportionate 

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drive school improvement, he saw’. + number of black students, the con: 
the writing on the wall, Large num. 
bers, of parerits’ at ‘several commu." 

nity “meetings had’ complained 
joudly about parts of the plan,’ 
showing that it was hel going + to” 

pla in Milwaukee, 
“Peterkin has come. ar 

‘three major elements of the ie 
* plan: dividing the city into_two 
attendance zones &nd restricting 
students’ 10 attending only those 
schools in the zone where they 1 live; 
rhaking the City's popular’ citywide J 
specialty’ schools’ attendance zone... 
schools; "and integrating 16 all” 
black inner city ‘schools, HE Si 
> “The plan aims to givé parents . 

more <hoics | ig 30 their. 
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; tinuing racial isolation of black stu; .- 
; dents in’ a number of inner 0 

* schools and ‘a cumbersome student 
| assignmerit process that many pars. 
; ents find di — 10’ understand of 
use to their beefit, it Ji RI oY 

In the end, the success of He : 
da would have to hinge on & high 
percentage’, of [students beinga 

"assigned ‘to their first-choice’ 
! schools. And unless large niumbess 
. of ‘parents choose a variety of} 
, Sebo, that would not happen, ‘++ + 

. Peterkin his conceded that 9 
f public i is not confident that enough 
schools can ‘be; .improved fasf’’ 

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Parents la on 4 t 
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“enough to’ give parents ; F wide and © 
‘meaningful school ‘choice. As=a 
result, he has’ decided, to iproW i 
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$s million’. earmarked for scho aud 
improvement, - and. has’ ‘taken’ SEL 

| bold move’ of approaching subti 333 
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Willie plan “was against hi§ iN 4 
‘judgment. He has seen similgd | 
‘plans succeed in Boston and Care pb ’, 
bridge, Mass. where he formerly bai 
worked. ‘But it comes at @ time 
when Peterkin can ill afford 10 bé & " 

| distracted by the kind of hea’   4 J 

criticism the Willie plan evoked x 
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aldermen y 13a iy Lb Yn. a) 
Three ‘Hiohths tof Sniroversy | orl | 

over racial balance quotas and i : 
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reform. pg NE EAT fain 
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4 : Fp Sis changes Foulds, me hp ik i bag ‘response. to" fvirahe Inning ‘u “femain”a’ “longF Race Race relations 
community Spposition, Milwaukee’ 7 term poal, “rere ng hig hey 
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: Peterkin wants to drop the sweeps Soe y he would ‘édna"s r 
jing ind controversial elements of centrate’t? his, [ager LY "the Willie plan’that were to chalign'> fmhedi Rt &3 po = by rl 3 

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Peterkin/Parents, others rejected Wills 
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From at HEL Zee Ss, He Under bi plan, par: EX o 
. ents would list their fii: io“ favaity fate 

scrapped, at least tor now, The plan “top three school i’ sp yee 
was develo %i2. by, Sontulant % choices, on one applit. : 

; Charles Vy, Willie, 2 professor § cation. JA; Computer: i pra 
? education “and ‘urban studies “at would” autbmatically’ } 
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“School of, Education, Willie "was 4 ‘on those requests. Hi sy 3 

‘hired in ‘April 1989 and was paid i a 4, | Rg 

SEAN the plan.” <i in Now, dents i: 
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Updef Beerkin's roposal 4% “one school in the first 
® Minsikee public’ "schools <.round of et 

would. not be divided into separate o and. manyy Ww 
5 "attendance zones. Willie has pro?’ A turned’ dow: BE: 

Fposed cast and west zones, with found ‘Tat Rad x | 
_ most students restricted to attend- “ond or third-choice * [oid Yor a S00 

*ing ‘only schools in the zone where +” * Schools ae full by the , Rouert S. PETERGN 

“they live, beginning i in 1992+ 93.4%: yi "3 time - they’ get the = : ie 

© m Thélcity’s ‘popular specialty opportunity to apply. sign. 
schools would remain open to stu; “RE “In. ‘another aod io epeated 

dents from throughout the city. Fequests from. neighborfioods, Pet: : Park Cha 

The \ Wills pn wh "he diet 2 erkin'js recommending that schools. “*‘ation’s Educatid i Cox fmittee, § 
S1CenS live 003 ‘in integrated. areas be allowed 13; "We fould Jove toisee’ 
where they liye, © enn 20 “draw all .of their students” from dent’ assigAment: ‘pla’ but: 

I Sixteen inner city schools those neighborhoods. Specifically, hoped, that ‘any’ decisions: on 

. would remain virtually all black.” the. proposal “would * Chil * dent assignmént would be ea: 

Willie's proposal calls for -all - Hi-Mount Elementary on the W ‘to provide for insane commu- 

schools in ‘the city to reflect the Side and Fratney a tity input.” po : 

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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT CHANGES i want to School Board members’ pei 5 HR ah 5% 

“:: ‘Meanwhile, Peterkin is recom- \* Saturday: The board is expected 10 12 £0 Se 

“mending some immediate changes ." act on te issue at a Higeting June” 5 ane fil Rap ’. 

that should ¢ ease the student assign. . 4% ed wl <6: 30 i Ae ino 
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