Report on Wilkinson County Board of Education
Public Court Documents
January 12, 1971
7 pages
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(a) There are 2615 students enrolled in the schools of Wilkinson County.
Of this number 2597 are Negro; eighteen (18) ane White.
(b) Schoo White Negho
William Winans Attendance Center 0 327
Finch Attendance Center 3 384
Wilkinson County Training School a 1886
Vocational Center 15 _58
Total 18 2597
*These 58 students are included in the totals fon William Winans
Attendance Center and Wilkinson County Training School.
(ec) William Winans Attendance Centex
Centreville, Mississippi
Grade White Negro Total
7 0 96 96
8 0 60 60
9 0 39 39
10 0 45 45
11 0 42 42
12 ig 5 45
Total 0 327 327
Finch Attendance Center
Centreville, Mississippi
Grade White Negro Totat
! 2 73 75
2 0 63 63
3 0 52 52
4 | 73 74
5 0 55 55
; wg 68 68
Total 3 384 387
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(a}] There are 156 full time teachers in the schools of Wilkinson County.
White Negro Total
11 145 156
(b) School White Negro Total
Welliam Winans Attendance Center 1/2 18 18 1/2
Finch Attendance Center 0 24 1/2 24 1/2
Wilkinson County Training School 1/2 102 1/2 103
Vocational Center 0... 0 10
Total 11 145 156
(e) No part time teachers are employed by the school district. One
teacher who 48 while is employed full time to instruct one-half day
each at two. schools.
(d) One full time White teacher instructs one-half day each at William
Winans Attendance Center and Wilkinson County Training School.
111.
No requests have been made under the majority to minority trhansger provision
of the Onder of November 7, 1969.
IV.
No inter-district transfers have been requested on granted.
Only Negro students ride the county-owned school buses. The three white
Students who attend Finch Attendance Center walk to school as they neside
Zoo close Lo the school to be entitled to be transported at public expense.
The gifteen white students who attend the Vocational Center are not entitled
Zo public transportation, eithen.
VI.
ALL facilities, in the one school which both white and Negro attend, are
being operated on a desegregated basis.
VII.
No constuction on expansion 04 gacilities 4s planned.
Wilkinson County Training School
Woodville, Missi844Lppd
Grade White
Special Education 0
] 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 0
11 0
12 KY
Total 0
Vocational Center
Woodville, Mississippi
Class on Grade
Auto Mechanics
Metal Trades
Building Trades
Farum Equipment Mechanics
Indus trial Electricity
Indus trial Drafting
Agriculture Production
Business & Office Edugation
Total
1886
15
1886
73
VIII.
The Wilkinson County Board of Education has not sold on abandoned any &chool
facility, equipment on supplies since the Court Order of November 7, 1969.
The Woodville Attendance Center has been closed by Onder dated August 5, 1970
modifying Order of November 7, 1969. The buildings comprising said 4chook
are being maintained for further use in the event of the netun of the students
who have abandoned the public school system.
IX.
Two members There is not a bi-nacial advisory committee to the school board.
of the §ive member 4chool board are Negro.
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