But some residents feel the integration program would accommodate illegal immigrants and those reluctant to adapt.
"We believe we can execute the integration program with relatively low risk".
The success of the integration program lasted for almost three decades, until William Capacchione, a white parent, sued the school district because he believed his daughter was not admitted into a local magnet school because of her race.
Monika Duzdova, one of two Roma teaching assistants hired by Mr. Valastiak to help the integration program, said she understood some of the concerns of white parents and added that the better-off Roma families were also alarmed by the flood of destitute children from the nearby ghetto.
After years of criticism by the legislature, the Minnesota Department of Education submitted a proposal to rewrite the desegregation rule for a third time last January to bring charter schools under the integration program for the first time.
Daron Korte, the assistant commissioner at the Department of Education, said they're still waiting for the legislature to clarify whether they intend charter schools to be a part of the integration program.
