The increase in segregation of the Boston Public School system — decades after court-ordered busing strove to help diversify the city’s schools — will worsen divisions among families along racial and economic lines, parents and education advocates said Sunday.
The concerns came a day after the Globe reported that more of the city’s schools are segregated now than they were two decades ago — in many cases, leaving students of color increasingly isolated in low-performing schools.
“It is almost as if the city is turning its back on our kids,” said Audrey Martinez-Gudapakkam, whose daughter attends Winship Elementary School in Brighton.
Matt Cregor, education project director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, said that if the city’s current school assignment system remains in place, segregation will only worsen.