Much of the rest of the day's discussion consisted of board members acting shocked at learning something. Yes, Hinesley said impatiently, you already know that. I have been hired help all my life and usually know better than to talk to my bosses like they are dummies. On the other hand, the School Board was playing a little fake-dumb. This new plan for assigning schools is a hot potato.
Parents are scared and mad.
Hinesley knows this. It would be a new plan nobody had to follow yet. He shook his head at the talk of exempting everybody. It helps white students a lot more than blacks. Choice, in theory, is good.