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Brad Lander: “The community school district, district 15 it's called in…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 42:34

Like so, you know, the elementary schools are done by neighborhood and so they're somewhat more segregated because housing prices drive kind of who can live in the area. I see. But the, but The community school district, district 15 it's called in Brooklyn, includes, you know, Red Hook and Sunset park and some lower income neighborhoods and Park Slope and Carroll Gardens and some higher income ones. But the middle schools were still very segregated because we were basically letting the schools pick the kids. You have to test in. We ended that. Now it's by lottery. (42:34–42:46)

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Asserts the composition of Brooklyn's district 15 includes both lower and higher income neighborhoods.

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