Recommendations of Desegregation Panel Regarding Cluster Reorganization
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July 12, 1972

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ) RONALD BRADLEY, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs ) ) v. ) ) WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, et al. , ) ■ ) Defendants ) ) and ) ) DETROIT FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, ) LOCAL 231, AMERICAN FEDERATION ) OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO, ) ) Defendant- ) Intervenor ) ) and ) ) DENISE MAGDOWSKI, et al., ) • ) Defendants- ) Intervenor ) ) et al. ) __________ 1 CIVIL ACTION NO: 35257 RECOMMENDATIONS OF DESEGREGATION PANEL REGARDING CLUSTER REORGANIZATION The Court in its ruling and order in this matter, inter aldja* authorized the Panel to "recommend reorganization of clusters within the desegregation area in order to minimize administrative inconvenience, or time, and/or numbers of pupils requiring transportation . The Panel in carrying out its assignment to develop a pupil assignment plan, has reviewed the clusters described in Exhibit P.M. 12 and has concluded that the 15 clusters should be increased to 16 and that certain school districts should be realigned in the cluster arrangement. These changes are recommended in order to: (1) attain a racial composition as close as possible to the racial composition of the desegregation area as a whole; (2)' provide minimum travel time for all students; and (3) reduce clusters to the smallest size without splitting high school constellations or suburban districts. Attached is a revised cluster map dated 10 July 1972 and a description of the student population of the revised clusters as recommended by the Panel. An alphabetic identification system is used to distinguish the revised clusters from plaintiff's plan. In the opinion of the Panel, recommended revisions offer the following specific advantages: (1) the range of percentage of black students is reduced (11 of the 16 clusters fall between 23-28% black, or within 10% of the median for the area as a whole), (2) the range in cluster size is reduced, and (3) for some clusters routing and distances are decidedly improved. Those clusters most significantly improved are: Cooley to Livonia rather than Farmington Murray to Melvindale and Lincoln Park rather than Birmingham, Royal Oak and Hazel Park Northern to Ferndale, Berkley and Royal Oak rather than Lincoln Park, Allen Park and Southgate. The clustering is improved by separation of Kettering from Denby and Finney and by keeping the Cooley constellation intact. Both Kettering and Finney have significant numbers of black students sufficient to function as bases for independent clusters. When com bined they have 25,000 black students, necessitating a cluster total in excess of 90,000. The revised plan permits division of these schools into two clusters. Cooley and Redford together have 16,000 black students, but when clustered with Livonia, which is the second largest school system in the desegregation area, a racial composition of 22.6 percent results. Respectfully submitted by the Panel, as listed below in alphabetical order, this twelfth day of July, 1972. /Q /(" 'J-Y.l, J-(T- L Gordon Foster vJA*: 0 v L i L . • J / ^ Sy'\-, Merle Henrickson s' Harold Wagner //> CLUSTER REVISION RECOMMENDED BY THE PANEL - JUMfclO, 1972f Lake Shore i Wayne-Westland Dearborn . V̂̂ Wsstwood Inkster \ . | M ri l M -“ Dearborn^f/.slvindai , _ liver Houge o / pork /L in co ln / Ecorso Park | v t t Panel Recommendation for Revised Clustering Plan Black Total Enrollment Enrol lment Percent Lake Shore 9 ,62 1 48 . 5 Roseville 14 ,734 213 1 . 4 East Detroit 12 ,831 6 • 1 Southeastern 15 ,4 18 12, 708 82. 4 52 ,604 12.-975 24. 7 South Lake 5, 306 0 .0 G rosse Pointe 13 ,323 1 . o Lakeview 7, 751 0 . 0 King 9 ,80 2 9, 496 9 6 .9 3 6 ,1 8 2 9, 497 26. 2 Centerline 6, 865 3 .0 Fitzgerald 5, 374 0 . 0 W arren Woods 8, 958 0 . 0 Northeastern 10 ,286 9, 130 88. 8 3 1 ,4 8 3 9, 133 29. 0 F ra.se r 7, 304 1 . 0 Harper Woads 1 ,981 0 . 0 Denby Fxmiey 10 ,906 15 ,093 560 8, 549 5. 1 56, 6 3 5 ,2 84 9, n o 25. 8 Van Dyke 7, 192 . 2 .0 W arren 2 9 ,9 9 5 52 • 2 Osborn 11 ,9 6 2 2, 730 2 2 ,8 Kettering 17 ,966 16 ,749 9 3 .2 6 7 , 1 1 5 19 ,533 29. 1 Hazel P ark 7 ,9 8 5 0 .0 Hamtramck 3 ,0 4 4 90 5 2 9 .7 Lamphere 5 ,878 0 • 0 nMadison Heights 4, 708 L, Troy Pershing 5, 958 14 ,6 72 0 10 ,0 03 •0 68 ,2 4 2 ,242 10, 915 25. 8 • I Panel Recommendation for Revised Clustering Plan Total Enrollment F erndale Berkley- Highland P ark Royal Oak Clawson Northern 8, 376 8, 404 7, 837 19, 267 4, 996 8, 929 57, 809 Birmingham Oak P ark Southfield Central 17, 520 5, 867 16 ,346 12 ,746 52,479 Bloomfield Hills Farmington Clarencevii le West Bloomfield Ford Mumford 9 ,4 3 8 16 ,339 3 ,9 1 8 4, 772 10, 705 12, 115 57 ,287 Livonia Cooley Redford 38, 105 19 ,2 00 15, 534 72 ,839 Garden City South Redford N. Dearborn Heights Crestwood C h e rry Hill Redford Union Cody Mackenzie 13, 853 7, 883 2, 765 ' 5, 282 5, 127 9 ,6 7 7 16 ,056 20, 745 Black rollment Percent 799 9 .5 8 . 1 6, 158 78. 6 3 .0 0 .0 8, 877 9 9 .4 15, 845 2 7 .4 5 .0 590 10. 1 5 .0 12 ,702 99. 7 13 ,302 25. 3 35 .4 9 . 1 0 .0 0 .0 3 ,3 1 4 3 1 .0 11 , 540 95. 3 14 ,8 98 2 6 .0 8 .0 15, 771 82. 1 683 4. 4 16 ,4 62 2 2 .6 0 .0 0 .0 0 . 0 0 .0 15 .3 2 .0 2 ,4 2 5 15. 1 20, 192 9 7 .3 81, 388 2 2 ,6 1 7 27. 8 I I Panel Recommendation fo r Revised Clustering Plan Black Total Enrollment Enrollment P ercent Taylor 20, 004 303 1. 5 Dcarbo rn 21, 634 2 . 0 Dearborn Heights 5, 626 0 , 0 Fair lane 1, 138 0 . o Romulus 5, 450 961 17. 6 Northwestern 14, 308 14 ,2 6 5 9 9 .7 ‘ 6 8 ,2 1 0 15, 531 22. 8 Inkster 4, 624 3,9-62 85. 7 W ayne 22, 514 21 , 1 Westwood 5, 120 1, 842 3 6 .0 Chadsey 5, 975 2, 053 34, 4 38, 233 7, 878 2 0 .6 Ecorse 4, 341 2 ,2 6 8 52 .2 Allen Park 6, 522 5 • 1 Southgate 5, 613 0 • 0 Western 11, 314 4, 964 43. 9 27, 790 7, 237 26. 0 River Rouge 3, 858 1 ,72 3 4 4 .7 Riverview 3 ,66 5 0 * o Wyandotte Southwestern 8, 403 1 1 , 0 2 8 0 4, 826 . 0 4 3 .9 2 6 ,9 54 6, 559 2 4 .3 Lincoln P ark 12, 217 6 .0 Melvindale 5, 574 0 . 0 M urray 8, 268 6-, 359 76 .9 2 6 ,0 5 9 6, 365 2 4 .4 t July 10, 1972