Guest Commentary written by
Vesta Kassayan
Vesta Kassayan is a senior at Menlo-Atherton High School in San Mateo County.
California has the most segregated school system in the continental United States. A UCLA Civil Rights Project report last fall found the share of “intensely segregated” schools — those with more than 90% students of color — has quadrupled in the last three decades.
The gap shows up in college. Students in the most segregated high schools complete the coursework required for a UC or CSU at rates 25 percentage points lower than students in the least segregated schools…