1.) Why are the charter schools in your first list–Academics Plus and Covenant Keepers–so segregated? Is it because of selection of students out of more integrated nearby traditional public schools, as your opponents might suggest, or is it due perhaps to location in a homogeneous neighborhood?

2.) There is a fairer way to calculate the integration of the charter sector relative to the traditional public sector. Rather than comparing counts, compare percentages within sector, with respect to both high segregation and district-comparable integration.

3.) The most effective and fair analysis would be to examine charters’ integration relative to that of trad. publics located in nearby neighborhoods. My thinking here is that, since Pulaski County residents have largely segregated themselves geographically, and most trad. publics draw students through residential assignment rather than free choice, the separation of charter enrollment from residential assignment might transcend the geographic problem which Pulaski County schools currently face, and which busing was ineffective in combating.