A school district has two middle schools: Tubman, serving 451 students, and Blackshear, serving 176. The district could afford to hire 8 art teachers.
Determine how many art teachers should be assigned to each school using Hamilton's method.
The following year, the district expands to include a third school, Banneker, serving 231 additional students. Based on the divisor from above, how many additional art teachers should be hired for the new school?
After hiring that many new art teachers, the district recalculates the reapportion using Hamilton's method. Determine the outcome.
Explain what happened in the new apportionment. Do you think the outcome from part c is fair? Why or why not.
Lee et al., Math in Society, §5.1 Apportionment, Exercise 20