As the school board election arrives Tuesday, we're getting more offerings than we will be able to print. Here is a piece by research scientist William T. Lynch against "shuttle busing," saying," If maximum diversity within the school were to be the preferred mix, then the schools with intermediate FRL (Free & Reduced Price Lunch) percentages would be showing the best results. If the “researchers” looked at this existing data they would find no instance where this
expectation has been realized."

We're planning to post several more things today. You can also find more letters about the school board race on tomorrow's "Other Opinion" page and in Sunday Forum on Sunday.

Local statistician William Lynch is taking Richard Kahlenberg to task for his research on the benefits of socioeconomic diversity.

Kahlenberg has been an enthusiastic backer of Wake's diversity policy. He's in town this week to speak at Thursday's UNC Center for Civil Rights conference. He'll also speak at Wednesday's Coalition of Concerned Citizens For African American Children forum.

(Click here to read Sunday's Q&A with Kahlenberg.)

I'm not going to claim to be a statistician so I'll let you judge Lynch's piece for yourself.

Click here to read the letter Lynch sent to Kahlenberg. Click here to read a chart that he references in his letter.