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Jeff Woods reacts to news that Nashville’s controversial school rezoning plan may cost more than anticipated:

The headline in the City Paper this morning reads, "School rezoning plan will save less than anticipated." Actually, as the story eventually explains, the plan won't save money at all, once you factor in the additional spending the school board has promised.

The headline in the City Paper this morning reads, "School rezoning plan will save less than anticipated." But actually, as the story eventually explains, the plan won't save money at all, once you factor in the additional spending the school board has promised.

Black leaders have settled on a strategy to try to overturn the school board’s resegregation plan. They’ve decided to wait until after the Aug. 7 elections to give the new school board the chance to change the plan. If the board refuses, then a lawsuit is certain, a source tells Pith.

I have been meaning to blog about this all week, but forgot.

Let’s recap.

–We have a school district.  Until recently, it was headed up by Pedro Garcia, whose goal in superintending seemed to be to throw everything against a wall and see what stuck.  He kind of really sucked.

In this week’s Scene, we explore the possibility of a lawsuit challenging the rezoning of public schools. To win, black leaders would need what lawyers call “a smoking gun” to show the decision-makers’ actual intent to discriminate against blacks.

It’s been nearly a week since the Chamber of Commerce rolled back racial progress in the city by voting to resegregate schools. Oh wait, that was the school board that did that. I get the two confused. Anyway, there’s still been no word from any of the city’s white progressive leaders on this issue.

Steve Glover was right—there were five votes for Nashville’s school rezoning plan. He must be clairvoyant, right?