Marin schools will integrate after years of racial segregation

Two schools in Marin County, California’s most racially segregated county, are moving forward with plans to integrate, marking the state’s first mandated school desegregation effort in nearly 50 years.

The two school communities are Sausalito, a 92% white community with a median income of $112,000 where many students attended a district charter school, and Marin City, which is made up of 60% African American and Latino residents with a media income of $45,841 and is served by a traditional public school, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The move comes after a 2016 audit that cited discrimination, poor academic outcomes and disproportionately high discipline for Black students compared to their white peers. In 2019, previous Attorney General Xavier Becerra mandated the district to desegregate the schools.