The issue of school desegregation came into the national spotlight with an exchange between former Vice-President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris during a Democratic presidential debate. Speaking about federal efforts to integrate schools, Harris attacked Biden for his work as a senator in the 1970s to oppose federally ordered busing to achieve a racial balance in schools. She said she was bused to an integrated elementary school in California.
But in 2013, the district established Bayside MLK, promising a rigorous curriculum, but instead chopped classes, programs and counsellors. In the 2018-19 school year, the school enrolled 119 students, of which 80% were African American or Latino.
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