How do Black parents decide where to enroll their children in school?

Leslie Ann Murray

East Flatbush, Brooklyn

“I think the question that should be discussed is why do we have so many divided, unequal schools? Why [are] our neighborhood and our tax dollars tied toward how our schools get funding? Why are Black and Brown kids from birth slated — this is a caste system — slated to do poor, slated to do bad, slated to not become something because of the educational system and where they were born … I hope this spurs us on not only thinking about the unequal system we’re in, but how do we change it and how do we create tangible change.”