[drothamel]

JRut,

Thanks for the info, that makes things a bit clearer. I also went to the sun-times website and read some of the other articles about not only the phone messge, but also the split of the conference. It seems to me that there may be more than one issue at play here. First, judging by what some of the articles said, it would appear that the 11 schools that are separating are sufficiently diverse. Quote from one article--"On Monday, 11 schools, including Lincoln-Way's two schools, said they were creating their own conference. Of the 11, seven are at least 80 percent white and two are about 52 percent white. The remaining two are less than 40 percent white." That seems pretty diverse to me. Now, that being said, I don't think that the motivation of any particular school or board was racial in general. It would appear that Maureen Jagmin definitely felt some racial animosity towards the other schools. Although, I do leave some room for the fact that her moronic comments may have motivated more by class than by race. It may just happen that the classes that she is disparaging happen to be largely minority. I have seen similar things happen around here with regard to class, although most of those involved happen to be white.

I think that the most reasonable explanation here is that you had 11 schools that were trying to act in their own best interests, whatever those may be; and you have one stupid person that has gone and mucked the whole thing up for everyone by coloring the debate with her own stupidity. It wouldn't be the first time. I beleive that one of the posters on this board has a very relevant quote in his signature line--"never argue with a stupid person, he will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience."

Also, athletic redistricting doesn't seem to be quite as weighty an issue as, say, redistricting for attendance. As much as I love Rep. Bobby Rush for being one of my fraternity brothers, I don't think that the attorney general is going to be of much help with this one.
It certainly is interesting to me, especially in that it is taking place in such a large area.