Report on the Wilkinson County School District

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Case Files, Alexander v. Holmes Hardbacks. Report on the Wilkinson County School District, 1973. 9a3dfdc4-d267-f011-bec2-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/442711e2-d82e-4bf7-ab5b-9ad6f363269b/report-on-the-wilkinson-county-school-district. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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    IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

UNITED STATES. OF AMERICA, 

Appellants, 

WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, 

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REPORT 

Comes now the Board of Education of Wilkinson County, Miss- 

issippi, and, in accord with the Order of this Honorable 

respectfully submits herewith its report. 

Nos. 28030 

Respectfully submitted, 

WILKINSON (COUNTY BOARD 

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(a) There are 2356 students enrolled in t schools 

Of this number 2304 are Negro; fifty-two (52) a 

(b) School 

william Winans Attendance Center 

Finch Attendance Center 

Training School Wilkinson County 

Vocational Center 

* These students (79) are included 

Attendance 

(c) william Winans Attendance Cent 

Centreville, Mississippi : 

  

Grade White 

10 0 

Total 0 

Finch Attendance Center 

Centreville, Mississippi 39631 

Grade White 

1 0 

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6 0 

Total 2 

  

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Center and Wilkinson County Training School. 

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Wilkinson County 

Woodville, Missis 

  

Grade White Negro Total 

Spec. Ed. 0 25 25 

i O 98 98 

6 0 161 161 

7 0 145 145 

  

12 wi 20 4.96 7906 

Total 3 1,646 1,649 

Vocational Center 

Woodville, Mississippi 39669 

Grade White Negro Total 

Industrial Electricity 12 1 13 

Business & Office Education 2 17 19 

Metal Trades 13 3 16 

Agricultural Production 0 3 3 

Farm Equipment Mechanics 2 27 29 

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Auto Mechanics 11 17 28 

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(a) There are 140 full time teachers in the schools of Wilkinson County. 

  

  

White Negro Total 

9 131 140 

(b) School . White Negro Total 

William Winans A.C. 0 16 16 

Finch Attendance Center 0 22 22 

Wilkinson Co. Trg. School 0 ol 91 

Vocational Center aD Re a ANE 

Total 9 131 140 

(c) We do not have any part time teachers employed this year. 

(d) No part time teachers are employed this school year. 

I1XI. 

No requests have been made under the majority to minority transfer provision 

of the Order of November 7, 1969. 

IV. 

No inter-~district transfers have been requested or granted. 

The three White students who attend Wilkinson County Training School are 

transported daily on the same bus as the Negro students who reside on the 
same road. 

The two White students who attend Finch Attendance Center walk to school as 

they reside too close to the school to be entitled to transportation at public 

expense. The forty-seven White students who attend the Vocational Center are 

not entitled to public transportation, either. 

 



  

All facilities in the schools which both White and Negro attend are being 

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NO construction ox exXpans 10Nn OI“ trtaclllitlies 18 planned. 

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The Wilkinson County Board of Education has not sold or abandoned any school 

facility, equipment or supplies since the Court Order of November 7, 1969. 

The Woodville Attendance Center was closed by Order dated August 5, 1970, 

modifying Order of November 7, 1969. The buildings comprising said school are 

being maintained for further use in the event of the return of the students 

who have abandoned the public school system. 

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There is not a bi-racial committee to the school board. Two members of the 

five member school board are Negro. 

 



  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
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I, Richard T. Watson, hereby certify that I have served copies 

of the foregoing Report by U. S. Mail, Postage Prepaid, to the 

following Attorneys at the addresses indicated: 

Honorable Edward S. Christenbury 

Attorney, Department of Justice 

washington, D. C. 20530 

Honorable Robert Hauberg 

United States Attorney 

Southern District of Mississippi 

Federal Building ; 

Jackson, Mississippi 

Honorable Daniel F. Rinzel 

Attorney, Education Section 

Department of Justice 

washington, D. C. 20530 

Honorable Melvyn R. Leventhal 

538 1/2 North Farish Street 
Jackson, Mississippi 39202 

Honorable Jack Greenberg 

10 columbus Circle, Suite 2030 

New York, New York 10019 

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Attorney 

wilkinson County Board of Education 

Woodville, Mississippi 

  

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