Consent Order for Madison County School District
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September 28, 1970
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Vlnited States Court of Appeals
<r FIFTH CIRCUIT
EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK ROOM 408-400 ROYAL ST.
CLERK
NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70130
September 29, 1970
Clerk
v. 8, District Court
P. O. Box 769
Jackson, Miss.
County, et al
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is a certified copy of an order entered by
the Court in the case of Madison County School District,
et al.
Very truly yours,
EDWARD W. WADSWORTH, Clerk
Gilbert F. Ganucheau
Chief Deputy Clerk
GFG/fcw
Enc.
cc and enc. to:
Hon. Dan M. Russell, Jr.
Mr. Jack Greenberg
Mr. David L. Norman
Mr. Melvyn Leventhal
Mr. Joe R. Fancher
Mr. Re. L. GOza
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
NOS. 28030 & 28042
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
Vv,
HINDS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellees,
JOAN ANDERSON, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Intervenor-
Appellant,
Vv.
CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, ET AL., and MADISON
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
CONSENT ORDER
The parties having agreed to modifications of the
desegregation plan presently in effect in the Madison County
School District; and plaintiffs having expressly reserved the
right to apply to this Court for further relief, effective for
the second semester of the 1970-71 school year, in the event
the projected enrollments contained in this order are not
substantially realized; it is therefore
ORDERED
That the desegregation plan for the Madison County
School District ordered into effect by this Court on November
7, 1969, is hereby modified in the following respects: In Zone
7, the present zone line between Flora and East Flora Schools
shall be maintained, but the Flora High School, (grades 9-12),
shall be closed and its students reassigned to East Flora
School; in Zone III the Madison-Ridgeland Zone shall be expanded
to the West in such a manner as to encompass 55 to 65 additional
children presently attending the Rosa Scott School. The pro-
jected enrollments of the affected zones under these modifica-
tions are as follows:
Zone II School Grades Projected Enrollment
White Negro
Flora 1-8 16" 129
East Flora 1-12 6 758
Zone III Ridgeland Elementary 1-6 330 97
Rosa Scott 1-12 32 643
Madison-Ridgeland 1-12 268 235
All other provisions of the November 7, 1969, order of
this Court shall remain in full force and effect.
IT IS SO ORDERED
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