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    A DESEGREGATION PLAN FOR THE 

ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SYSTEM 

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A DESEGREGATION PLAN FOR THE 

ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL SYSTEM 

A REPORT TO THE 

SUPERINTENDENT 

BY THE 

DIVISION OF EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES 

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION 

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30323  



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 

REGIONAL OFFICE 

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OFFIiE OF ZOUCATION Room 404 - 50 Seventh Street, N.E, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30323 

Mr. T. R. Chisolm, Superintendent 1 

Enterprise Consolidated School District 

Post Office Box 177 
Enterprise, Mississippi 39330 

Dear Mr. Chisolm: 

In accordance with the July 5, 1969 order of the United States 

District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the 

following desegregation plan for ending the dual school system 

in the Enterprise Consolidated School District is submitted for 

your consideration. 

We wish to express our appreciation for the cooperation received 

from you and your staff. 

Sincerely yours, 

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desse J. Jordan 

So BUA Program Officer 

Equal Educational Opportunities 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Enrollment and Building Information. - 

Recommended Plan fer Student 

Faculty Desegregation 

Transportation 

School Construction 

Majority to Minor 

Attendance 

Suggestions 

Resourcas for Assistance 

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ENTERPRISE DISTRICT 

II. RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR STUDENT DESEGREGAT ION 

Recommendations, 1969-70 

In order to bring about a unitary school system in which 

schools are not identifiable by race, the following recommenda-~ 

tions to be effective for the 1969-70 school year are submitted: 

Student assignment recommendations are approximate Wocitse 

the Enterprise District does not have e pupil locator map, School 

capacities are based ondigures supplied by the district and checked 

by multiplying the number of teaching stations by 30 for secondary 

and elementary schools, 

Central Elementary School be used to house all 

students in grades 1-3, 

Enterprise Elementary School be used to house 

all students in grades 4-8, 

Enterprise High School be used to house all 

students in grades 9-12, 

Recommended for 1970-71 

The construction of planned additional classrooms will enable 

all elementary students (grades 1-8) to attend the Enterprise 

Elementary School, | 

TRANSPORTATION: 

Statistics furnished by the Enterprise District Public School 

Superintendent's Office indicate that some schools are already 

receiving as many as 95% of their students by buses. The lowest 

percentage reported in thls district was 95%. The district average 

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POSSIBLE INTERIM STERS 
  

The plan that we have prepsred and that we recommend to the Court 

provides for complete disestablishment of the dual school system 

in this district at the beginning of the 1969-70 school year. 

Should the Court decide to defer complete desegregation of this 

school district beyond the opening of the coming school term, the 

following steps could in our judgement be taken this fall to accom- 

plish partial desegregation of the school system without delay, 

with very minima lay, i 1ieduled opening of the school 

g the 1968-69 school year. 

same attendance pattern prevall for Central 

School as during the 1968-69 school year. 

Descgregation of Faculty and Other Staff: 
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Full desegregation of faculty and other staff in the grades 

affected by the possible interim assignments of students 

above, and district-wide desegregation of faculty and other 

staff in each school to at least 507 of the recommendation 

contained in Part I of Section III of this plan.  



OTHER: 

Implementation of Sections IV, V, VI and VII contained 

in this plan. 

 



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111. 

DESEGREGATION OF FACULTY AND OTHER STAFF 
  

The School Board shall announce and implement the following policies: 

1. The principals, teachers, teacher-aides and other staff who work 
directly with children at a school shall be so assigned for the school 
year 1969-70 and subsequent years that in no case will the racial com- 
position of a staff indicate that a school is intended for Negro students 
or white students. For the 1969-70 school year the district shall assign 
the staff described above so that the ratio of Negro to white teachers in 
each school, and the ratio of other staff in each, are substantially the 
same as each such ratio is to the teachers and other staff, respectively, 
in the entire school system. 

The school district shall, to the extent necessary to carry out this desegre- 
gation plan, direct members of its staff as a condition of continued employ- 
ment to accept new assignments, 

2. Staff members who work directly with children, and professional staff 
who work on the administrative level will be hired, assigned, promoted, paid, 
demoted, dismissed, and otherwise. treated without regard $C. race, color, or 
national origin, except to the extent necessary to correct discrimination. 

3. If there is to be a reduction in the number of principals, teachers, 
teacher-aides, or other professional staff empioyed by the school district 
which will result in a dismissal or demotion of any such staff members, the 
staff member to be dismissed or demoted must be selected on the basis of 
objective and reasonable non-discriminatory standards from among all the staff 
of the school district. In addition if there is any such dismissal or demotion, 
no staff vacancy may be filled through recruitment of a person of a race, 
Color, or national origin different from that of the individual dismissed or 
demoted, until each displaced staff member who is qualified has had an oppor- 
tunity to fill the vacancy and has failed to accept an offer to do so. 

Prior to such a reduction, the school board will develop ‘or require the develop- 
ment of non-racial objective criteria to be used in selecting the staff member 
who is to be dismissed or demoted. These criteria shall be available for 
public inspection and shall be retained by the school district. The school 
district also shall record and preserve the evaluation of staff members under 
the criteria. Such evaluation shall be made available upon request to the 
dismissed or demoted employee. 

"Demotion'" as used above includes any reassignment (1) under which the 
staff member receives less pay or has less responsibility than under the assign- 
ment he held previously, (2) which requires a lesser degree of skill than did 
the assignment he held previously, or (3) under which the staff member is asked 
to teach a subject or grade other than one for which he is certified or for 
which he has had substantial experience within a reasonably current period. 
In general and depending upon the subject matter involved, five years is such 
a reasonable period.  



IV. 

TRANSPORTATION 
  

The ‘transportation system shall be completely re-examined regularly by 
the superintendent, his staff, and the school board. Bus routes and the 
assignment of students to buses will be designed to insure the transpor- 
tation of all eligible pupils on a non-segregated and otherwise non- 
discriminatory basis. 

Vv, 

SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND SITE SELECTION 
  

The size and location of new school buildings and additions to existing 
buildings ¢an significantly affect desegregation now and in the future. 

All school construction, school consolidation, and site selection (including 
the location of any temporary classrooms) in this system shall be done in a- 

prevent the recurrince of the dual school structure once 

nple emented. 

VI. 

MAJORITY TO MINORITY TRANSFER POLICY 
    

Whenever there chall exist 

this school district shall 

school in which his race 

hools containing a majority of Negro students, 

a student (Negro or white) attending a 
e majority to choose to attend another 

school where space is available, and where his race is in a minority. 

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VIII. 

SUGGESTIONS FOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 
  

Successful implementation of desegregation plans largely depends upon local 

leadership and good faith in complying with mandates of the Courts and the 

laws upon which the Courts act. The following suggestions are offered to | 

assist local officials ‘in planning for implementation of desegregation orders. 

Community 

1. The Superintendent and Board of Education should frankly and fully 

inform all citizens of the community about the legal requirements 

for school desegregation and their plans for complying with these 

legal requirements. 

The Board of Education should issue a public statement clearly 

setting forth its intention to abide by the law and comply with 

orders of the Court in an effective and educationally responsible 

manner. 

School officials should scek and encourage support and understanding 

of the press and community organizations representing both races. 

The Board of Education, or some other appropriate governmental unit, 

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should establish a bi-racial advisory committee to advise the Board 

of Education and its staff throughout the implementation of the 

desegregation plan. Such committee should seek to open up community 

understanding and communication, to assist the Board in interpreting 

legal and educational requirements to the public. 

The Superintendent should actively seek greater involvement of parents 

of both races through school meetings, newsletters, an active and bi- 

racial P.T.A., class meetings, parent conferences, and through home 

visits by school personnel. 

6. The Superintendent and Board of Education should regularly report to 

the community on progress in implementing the desegregation plan. 

School Personnel 
  

1. The Superintendent should provide all personnel copies of the 

desegregation plan and arrange for meetings where the personnel 

will have an opportunity to hear it explained. 

The Board of Education should issue a policy statement setting forth 

in clear terms the procedures it will follow in reassignment of the 

personnel (see section on Desegregation of Scaff).  



Assignments of salt for the school year should be made as 

quickly as possible with appropriate followings by school 

principals to assure both welcome and support {or personnel 

new to each school. Invitations to visit school before the 

school year begins should be offered. 

Superintendent should see that a specsal orientation 

program is planned and carried out for both the professional 

and non-professional staffs (including bus drivers, cafeteria 

workers, secretaries and custodians) preparatory to the new 

school year. He should make every effort to familiarize ncw 

and reassigned staff with facilities, services, and building 

"policies, and prepare them to carry out their important role 

in a constructive manner. The Superintendent should direct 

each principal to see that each teacher new to a school is 

assigned for help and guidance to a teacher previously essigned 

to that school. Each such pair of teachers should have an oppor- 

tunity to meet before the school year actually begins. 

The Superintendent should arre > an in-service training program 

ring the school year to ersonnel in resolving difficulties 

h 1out the implementation period. 

Help in doing this is availabl the South Mississippi In- 

and improving instruction 

Service Consulting Center at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 

It is important that, through personal observations, students see 

that nonprofessional service positions in their schools are not for 

members of one race and that harmonious working relationships can 

exist between members of both races. The Superintendent and Board 

of Education should therefore take all necessary steps to assure 

that all staffs are bi-racial. 

 



Instructional Program 
  

1. Each principal should be required to appoint biracial faculty 

committees to study and, as necessary, revise each area of the 

curriculum to assure better learning opportunities for all stu- 

dents. This should become a continuous activity in each school 

and throughout the district. 

Student evaluation policies and procedures should be reviewed 

continuously for areas in need of improvement and adjustment to 

encourage the educational growth and motivation of students. 

Remedial programs in reading and mathematics skills, as appro- 

priate, should be introduced and/or expanded for all students 

in nced of special help. Such a program should supplement reg- 

ular course offerings and assignments of students. 

Grouping procedures should be reviewed and revised as necessary 

to assure they support the spirit as well as letter of desegre- 

gation plan the district has accepted responsibility for imple- 

menting in good faith. 

Participation in extracurricular activities by students of 
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both races should be actively encouraged by administrators and 

teachers as a means for developing school spirit and a feeling 

of belonging. 

School organizations - student government, cheerleaders, musi- 

cal organizations, athletic teams-must be operated on a nondis- 

criminZcory basis and should include students of both races. 

Guidance counselors should be oriented and urged to plan a 

leading role in successful implementation of the desegregation 

plan. 

The curriculum should be reviewed and, as necessary, revised 

to provide recognition of Negro history, culture and contri - 

butions to our society. Library books which deal with such 

subjects should be added to school book collections. 

Vocational education offerings should be reviewed and improved 

as a means of providing students of both races with education 

relevant to vocational interests and as a means of reducing 

dropouts.  



Headstart or similar preschool programs for children of both 

races should be implemented. 

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Use of Federal and Statigh education funds should be planned 

comprehensively for maximum educational benefit to all eligible 

children. 

STUDENTS 

1. The Superintendent should direct each principal to hold special 

orientation programs welcoming students who will be new to a 

school, before the regular school year begins. 

The Superintendent should require each principal to see that 

students are frankly and fully informed about the desegregation 

plan and their responsibilities to help carry it out. Each 

principal should seek to establish rapport and communication 

links with new students to encourage mutual understanding and 

confidence. 

The Superintendent should direct each principal to establish 

a student-faculty human relations committee representing both 

races to aid in the succeszful implementation of desegregation. 

All school staff and members of the student body should exert 

extra effort to assure the full participation of all students 

of both races in extra-curricular programs, including when 

appropriate the provision of a "late bus" for those staying 

after school to participate in such programs. 

Each principal should request teachers to make themselves 

available to students outside of regular class for counseling 

and extra instructional help. 

 



  

avallable to school officials, 

or carrying out plang of desegregation in 

may call upon tha following agencies for help 

Scuth Migsissippl In-Service Consulting 
Center 

University of Southern Migsigsg: 

Southern Station 

Hattiesburg, Mi 

Phone: 

Division of Equal Educational Opportunities 

U, S. Office of Education 

50 Seventh Street, N. E., Room 404 

Atlanta, Gezorgla 30323 

Phone: (404) 526-3076 

 



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Name of School Enterprise High 

Address Box 177, Enterprise, Mississippi 39330 

  

Name of Principal!’ K. Chisolm 

    

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: 360 : - 1 State Rated Capacity Maxirzns Building Capacity 

Grades 1a Scliool 
  

_Nuaber of Permanent Teaching Stations 

36C 

(without portables) 
  

  

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28 170 

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  Portable guadniomnisaR 
  

Current Student Enrollment 
  

    
  

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Number of Students Transported COUNtY level responsibility, but approx. 

1929 

  

Age of Building Const. Masonry (Brick) 
    

Type of Constructicen 

  

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Number of Portable Classrooms 

Number of Temporary Classrooms 
  

Number of Square Feet in puilding 
  

Number of Acres in School Site 3 
  

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Name of School Enterprise Yiemeutars 
  

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Naoe of Principal “Me 14s R. 
  

Grades in School ft 
    

Nurber of Permanent Teaching Stations 

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State Rated Capacity Maximum Building Capacity 

    

(without portablcs) 

i "Enterprise Hich” sheet, Portable and Temporary Classroom ; 

263 : 335 
    

Current Student Enrollment 
  

  White "Neg “Total 

335 
Total Student Enrollment 
  

12 
Number of Teachers 

    

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Number of Portable Classrooms 
  

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Number of Acres in Scion 
  

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Address Pox 151, Enterprise, Mississippi 39330 
  

Name of Principal Ww. DD, Falconer 
  

  Grades in Schoel 9 : nse ermanent Teaching Stations 

210 

(without portables) 

  

State Rated Capacity 210 ; mui Building Capacity 
  

  

None 
Portable and Tcumporary Classrooms 
  

  Current Student Forollment 
    

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Number of Teachsys 
  

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Number of Students Transported County level responsibility, but 2lmost 100% 
  

Age of Building Const. 1960 Type of Construction Masonry (Brick) 
  

  

  

    

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Number of Portable Classrooms hone 
  

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Number of Square Feet in rLuilding 
  

Number of Acres in Sclinnl Site 27 
  

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Central Elementary 
Name of School 
  

Box 151, Ent ise, Mississippi 39330 
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Name of Principal George Hardaway 

  

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Grades in School Number of Permanent Teaching Stations 

240 
240 

(without portables) 

  

  

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Number of Portable Classrooms ¢ 
  

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‘umber of Square Feet in Evilding 
  

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Number of Acres in Schonl Site 
  

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