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Six La Crosse, Wis., school-board members have been targeted for recall in part because they voted in favor of a plan to bus some wealthy and poor students away from their neighborhoods to promote socioeconomic balance in district schools.

Douglas Farmer, a spokesman for the citizens' group that opposes the busing plan, said his organization, Recall Alliance, plans to launch on March 13 a drive to remove the six board members who favored the plan but who are not facing re-election this fall.

Recall Alliance failed in a primary election last month to defeat two incumbent board members who had supported the busing plan and who are facing re-election. But Mr. Farmer said his group was encouraged by what he described as lower-than-expected...