Report on Canton Municipal Separate School District

    IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

  

Nos. 28030 & 28042 

  

JOAN ANDERSON, et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant 

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Defendants-Appellees 

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED 
STATES DISTRICT CC URT FOR THE 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSIS- 
SIPPI, JACKSON DIVISION 

Civil Action No. 3700 (J) 

NCW CC ME the Defendants, Canton Municipal Separate School District, et al, : 

in the above styled and numbered cause, and respectfully submit their report to the 

Court pursuant to Order dated the 30th day of March, 1970. 

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@) Number of students by race enrolled in the school district: 

White Negro 
  

41 3714 

Total 
  

3755 

(b) Number of students by race enrolled in each school in the district: 

      

    

School White Enrolled Negro Enrolled 

Canton Elementary 11 564 
Canton Junior High 0 287 
Canton Public High 21 1243 
McNeal Elementary 2 570 
Nichols Elementary 7 1045 

41 3709 

(c) Number of students by race enrolled in each classroom in each of the schools in the 
district: 

 



    

  
    

  

  

  

  

  

School Crade White Enrolled Negro Enrolled Total 

*Canton Elementary 1 2 162 164 
2 3 190 193 
3 1 207 208 
Special Education 5 5 10 

11 564 575 

Canton Junior High 7 0 287 287 
(formerly Canton High) 

**Canton Public High 8 3 305 308 
(formerly Rogers High) 9 4 306 310 

10 4 231 235 
11 5 198 203 
12 5 197 202 
Special Education 0 6 6 

21 1243 1264 

***McNeal Elementary 1 1 173 174 
2 0 179 179 
3 1 203 204 
Special Education 0 15 15 

2 570 572 

** Nichols Elementary 4 2 352 354 
5 1 373 374 
é 4 265 269 
Special Education 0 55 55 

7 1045 1052 

*Canton Elementary classroom enrollment: 
1 2 21 23 

2 3 25 wi 8 
3 1 24 25 
Special Education 5 5 10 

11 75 86 

** Canton Public High School and Nichols Elementary - students in grades 4 - 12 are in 
a departmentalized organization in which they rotate by the hour from one classroom 
teacher to another. All white students indicated in these grade levels have been 
assimilated into classrooms with Negro students. 

*** McNeal Elementary classroom enrollment: 

  

1 1 27 28 
3 1 28 29 

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1] 

(@) Number of full time teachers by race in the district: 

White Negro 

  

  

43 158 

 



  

(b) Number of full time teachers by race in each school in the district: 

  

  

  

  

School White Teachers Negro Teachers Total 

*McNeal Elementary 1 21 22 
*Nichols Elementary é 43 49 
*Canton Junior High 5 10 15 
*Canton Elementary 5 27 32 
*Canton Public High 26 57 83 

43 158 201 

*Teachers were assigned on a ratio race basis effective January 12, 1970, but approximately 
25 white teachers refused assignments and resigned which caused unequal race ratios in the 
school. 

(c) Number of part time teachers by race in district: 

NONE 

(d) Number of part time teachers by race in each school in the district: 

NONE 

111, 

Describe the requests and the results which have accrued, by race, under the majority to 
the minority transfer provision which was a part of this court's order of November 7, 1969: 

Due to the organizational structure of the Canton Municipal Separate School District 
as of December 31, 1969, as prescribed by our court order, there is no majority to 
minority transfer due to the pairing of school attendance center. In any event, there 
have been no requests for transfer. 

IV. 

State the number of inter-district transfers granted since this court's order of November 7, 
1969, the race of the students who were granted such transfers, and the school district to 
which the transfers were allowed: 

NO NE 

¥Y. 

State whether the transportation system, if any, in the district is desegregated to the extent 
that Negro and white students are transported daily on the same busses: 

YES 

VI. 

State whether all facilities such as gymnasiums, auditoriums, and cafeterias are being 
operated on a desegregation basis: 

YES 

Vil. 

Give brief description of any present or proposed construction or expansion of facilities: 

NONE AT PRESENT TIME 

 



  

VIII. 

(@) State whether the school board has sold or abandoned any school facility, equipment, 
or supplies having a total value of more than $500.00 since this court's order of 
November 7, 1969. 

YES, all in response to advertisement for competitive 
bids as follows: 

579 obsolete desks $295.39 

1967 GMC Chassis & Body 250.00 

1956 Chevrolet Chassis 100.00 

1958 Ford Chassis 150.00 

IX. 

(@) State whether there is a bi-racial advisory committee to the school board in the 
school district: 

The school board has not yet successfully organized and created a bi-racial 
advisory committee, but such action is presently under consideration. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Canton Municipal Separate Sc 

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=~" / Lamar Fortgfhberry, Supepirtendent 

 



  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

|, Joe R. Fancher, Jr., attorney for Canton Municipal Separate School District, do 

hereby certify that on this the gt day of April, 1970, | caused to be served by 
  

United States mail, postage prepaid, true and correct copies of the foregoing report 

to the Court upon attorneys of record for Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenor, addressed 

as follows: 

Mr. Melvyn R. Leventhal 
P. O. Drawer 290 
Jackson, Mississippi 

Mr. Melvyn Zarr 
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 
New York, N. Y. 10019 

Mr. David L. Norman 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
Department of Justice 

Washington, D. C. 20530 

Mr. Robert E. Hauberg 
United States Attorney 
P. O. Box 2091 
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

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Joe R. Fancher, Jr. 
Attorney at Law 

P. O. Box 245 
Canton, Mississippi 39046