Letter from Counsel to Amato RE: Meeting with Sheff Lawyers

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June 2, 2000

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- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
Matter
- Sheff v. O'Neill
Case
- Sheff v. O'Neill
U.S. state
- Connecticut
Collection
- Case Files
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- 5814fc36-a446-f011-877a-0022482c18b0

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Case Files, Sheff v. O'Neill Hardbacks. Letter from Counsel to Amato RE: Meeting with Sheff Lawyers, 2000. 5814fc36-a446-f011-877a-0022482c18b0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/4ca77668-dc79-4ac9-bc3f-92b2504bd16c/letter-from-counsel-to-amato-re-meeting-with-sheff-lawyers. Accessed December 04, 2025.

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    NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 

  

National Office 

99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600 

New York, NY 10013-2897 
212.965.2200 Fax 212.226.7592 

June 2, 2000 

Superintendent Anthony S. Amato 
Hartford Board of Education 
153 Market Street, 8% Floor 
Hartford, CT 06103 

Re: June 14" Meeting with Sheff Lawyers 
  

Dear Superintendent Amato: 

On behalf of the Sheff legal team, I'd like to thank you for agreeing to meet with us. This letter will confirm our meeting of June 14, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. at 153 Market Street. 

As you are aware, on July 6, 1996, the Connecticut Supreme Court decided in Sheffv. O Neill that racial and ethnic isolation in the schools in the Hartford metropolitan schools violated the state constitution. Since that date, we have been monitoring with increasing frustration as the state has failed to take the steps we feel are necessary to comply with the order. 

Throughout the proceedings we have maintained a good and fruitful relationship with administrators and staff of the Hartford Public Schools. Recognizing that we share common goals and wanting to continue the positive relationship, we wanted the opportunity to meet with you to discuss where we are in this litigation which deeply involves the Hartford Public Schools. 

Iam enclosing a copy of Improving Our Schools Guidelines for an Effective Plan for Quality Integrated Schools, in which the Sheff plaintiffs outline guidelines for an effective plan for assuring quality education while reducing racial and ethnic isolation. We have used the guidelines as the standards against which the state efforts would be judged. These same guidelines have also served as the basis for the planning, in which we are currently engaged, of our own remedial plan. 

  

Regional Offices Yetd : : The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is not a part of the National Association for the 1444. Eye Street, N.W., 10th Floor 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1480 Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) although LDF was founded by the NAACP and shares its com- Washington, DC 20005 Los Angeles, CA 90017 mitment to equal rights. LDF has had, since 1957, a separate board, program, staff, office and budget. 202.682.1300 Fax 202.682.1312 213.975.0211 Fax 213.202.5773 Contributions are deductible for U.S. income tax purposes. 

 



  

Superintendent Anthony S. Amato 
June 2, 2000 

Page 2 

We look forward to our meeting with you. Thank you again. 

Very truly yours, 

yr 
Dennis D. Parker 

DDP:des 

Enc. 

CC; Sheff Legal Counsel 

 



  

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99 Hudson Street 

Suite 1600 

New York, NY 10013-2897 

(212) 965-2200 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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To: Company: Fax #: 

Deborah Archer NAACP Legal Defense Fund 212/226-7592 

Sandra Del Valle Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund 212/431-4276 

Derek Douglas NAACP Legal Defense Fund 212/226-7592 

Chris Hanson American Civil Liberties Union 212/549-2651 

Wesley Horton Horton, Shields & Cormer, P.C 860/728-0401 

Marianne Engelman Lado NY Lawyers for the Public Interest 212/244-4570 

Wilfred Rodriquez Greater Hartford Legal Assistance 860/541-5050 

Elizabeth Horton Sheff Community Renewal Team 860/527-3305 

Martha Stone Center for Children Advocacy 860/570-5256 

Philip Tegeler Connecticut Civil Liberties Union 860/728-0287 

From: Dennis Parker 

Subject: June 14™ Meeting 

Date: June 2, 2000 

Pages: 3, including this cover sheet. 

Original: Will WillNot _ X _ Follow this transmission 

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EDF NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC 

99 Hudson Street 

Suite 1600 

New York, NY 10013-2897 

(212) 965-2200 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

C OVER EF A 

S H E.E.T 

To: Company: Fax #: 

Deborah Archer NAACP Legal Defense Fund 212/226-7592 

Sandra DelValle Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund 212/431-4276 

Derek Douglas NAACP Legal Defense Fund 212/226-7592 

Chris Hanson American Civil Liberties Union 212/549-2651 

Wesley Horton Horton, Shields & Cormer, P.C 860/728-0401 

Marianne Engelman Lado ~~ NY Lawyers for the Public Interest 212/244-4570 

Wilfred Rodriquez Greater Hartford Legal Assistance 860/541-5050 

Elizabeth Horton Sheff Community Renewal Team 860/527-3305 

Martha Stone Center for Children Advocacy 860/570-5256 

Philip Tegeler Connecticut Civil Liberties Union 860/728-0287 

From: Dennis Parker 

Subject: June 14™ Meeting 

Date: June 2, 2000 

Pages: 3, including this cover sheet. 

Original: wilt... Will Not _ X Follow this transmission 

Message: 

Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted in this facsimile message is intended to be confidential and for the user of 

only the individual or entity named above. If the recipient is a client, this message may also be for the purpose of rendering 

legal advice and thereby privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that 

any retention, distribution or copy of this telecopy is strictly prohibited. If you receive this facsimile in error, please immediately 

notify us by telephone and return the original message to use at the address above via the mail service (we will reimburse 

postage). Thank you.

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