School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"
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The Neighborhood Unit
Early city planners were inspired by forest hill's gardens to create something called the neighborhood unit. The idea is that your neighborhood is going to be as big as you need to generate enough kids to fill one elementary school. Perry applied this principle to every aspect of life, even children on playgrounds. He believed a certain degree of racial and social homogeneity must be assured among playground patrons or healthy play life will not occur.
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