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Hispanic students stage historic walkout
On this day in 1968, 400 students at Edgewood High School in San Antonio
held a walkout and demonstration, and marched to the district
administration office. Ninety percent of the students in the Edgewood
district were of Mexican origin. Among the students' grievances were
insufficient supplies and the lack of qualified teachers. On July 10 of
the same year, Demetrio Rodríguez and seven other Edgewood parents filed
suit on behalf of Texas schoolchildren who were poor or resided in school
districts with low property-tax bases. The resulting class action,
Rodríguez v. San Antonio ISD, was a landmark case in which a
federal district court declared the Texas school-finance system
unconstitutional
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- RODRIGUEZ V. SAN ANTONIO ISD
- EDUCATION
- SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
- SAN ANTONIO, TX
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