This middle-school choice gives a glimpse into how families grapple as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio experiments with ways to better integrate one of the nation's most segregated school systems
Neil Dorosin, who helped create New York City’s complex system for matching students to public high schools, wrestled with a hard choice when his 10-year-old daughter needed a middle school seat this fall.
She was in the first group of fifth-graders facing a new admissions process in Brooklyn’s District 15, which has gained national attention for trying to diversify its middle schools by dropping academic selectivity in favor of a lottery.
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