Report on the Wilkinson County Board of Education
Public Court Documents
April 19, 1972
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WATSON, WILKERSON & WALSH
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RICHARD T. WATSON ATTORNEYS ATLA AREA CODE 60!
TELEPHONE 888-4321 JAMES E. WILKERSON, JR. WOODVILLE, MISS. ELE a8
DONALD E.WALSH ZIP CODE 39669
April 19, 1972
My. Bdward Ww. Wadsworth
United States Clerk
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
400 Royal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Ret United States of America ve, Wilkinson
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Please find enclosed herewith original and three copies
of Report required to be filed in the captioned cause. Please
see that the enclosed reports are filed.
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
appellants,
Nos. 28030 - 28042
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Appellee.
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comes now the Board of Education of Wilkinson County,
Mississippi, and, in accord with the Order of this Honorable
Court, respectfully submits herewith its report.
Respectfully submitted,
WILKINSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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There are 2456 students enrolled in the schools of Wilkinson County.
Of this number 2431 are Negro; twenty-five (25) are White.
School White Negro
William Winans Attendance Center 0 316
Finch Attendance Center 2 357
wilkinson County Training School 3 1758
Vocational Center 20 *130
Total MEL LT 7.243)
* These students (130) are included in the totals for William Winans
Attendance Center and Wilkinson County Training School.
william Winans Attendance Center
Centreville, Mississippi 39631
Grade White Negro Total
7 0 85 85
8 0 69 69
9 0 43 43
10 0 41 41
11 0 40 40
12 0 38 38
Total 0 316 316
Finch Attendance Center
Centreville, Mississippi 39631
1 0 53 53
2 2 65 67
3 0 58 58
4 0 57 57
5 0 66 66
6 0 58 58
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Woodville, Mississippi 39669 I
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Grade white Negro Total
Spec. Ed. 0 21 21
1 1 132 133
2 ) 130 130
3 0 120 120
4 1 154 155
5 0 176 176
6 0 151 151
7 1 163 164
8 0 166 166
0 0 180 180
10 0 163 163
11 0 113 113
12 0 89 89
Total 3 1758 1761
Vocational Center
Woodville, Mississippi 39669
Industrial Electricity 7 4 11
Business & Office Education 1 5 16
Metal Trades 2 13 15
Agricultural Production 0 13 13
Farm Equipment Mechanics 1 18 19
Building Trades 0 29 29
Auto Mechanics 5 31 36
Industrial Drafting “ 7 31
Total 20 130 150
(a) There are 150 full time teachers in the schools of Wilkinson County.
8 142 150
(b) School White Negro Total
william Winans Attendance Center bs 18 18%
Finch Attendance Center 0 18% 18%
Wilkinson County Training School 1 104 105
Vocational Center 7 on, iB
Total 8% 142 150%
(c) One (1) White part-time Mathematics Supervisor is employed by the school
district.
One teacher, who is White is employed full time to instruct one-half day
each at two schools.
(d) The part-time Mathematics Supervisor works with the Mathematics teachers
of William Winans, Finch and Wilkinson County Training School holding
teachers' workshops for the various grade levels.
one full time White instructor teaches one-half day each at William
Winans Attendance Center and Wilkinson County Training School.
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No requests have been made under the majority to minority transfer provision
of the order on November 7, 1969.
IV.
No inter-district transfers have been requested or granted.
The three White students who attend Wilkinson County Training School are
transported daily on the same bus as the Negro students who reside on the
same road.
The two White students who attend Finch Attendance Center walk to school as
they reside too close to the school to be entitled to transportation at public
expense. The twenty White students who attend the Vocational Center are not
entitled to public Transportation, either.
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All facilities in the schools which both White and Negro attend are being
operated on a desegregated basis.
No construction or expansion of facilities 1s planned.
The Wilkinson County Board of Education has not sold or abandoned any school
facility, equipment or supplies since the Court order of November 7, 1969.
The Woodville Attendance Center was closed by Order dated August 5, 1970,
modifying Order of November 7, 1969. The buildings comprising said school
are being maintained for further use in the event of the return of the students
who have abandoned the public school system.
IX.
There is not a bi-racial advisory committee to the school board. Two members
of the five member school board are Negro.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Richard T. Watson, hereby certify that I have served
copies of the foregoing Report of April 19, 1972, by U. S. Mail,
postage prepaid, to the following Attorneys at the addresses
indicated:
Honorable Edward S. Christenbury
Attorney, Department of Justice
washington, D. C. 20530
Honorable Robert Hauberg
United States Attorney
' Southern District of Mississippi
Federal Building
Jackson, Mississippi
Honorable Daniel F. Rinzel
Attorney, Education Section
Department of Justice
washington, D. C. 20530
Honorable Melvyn R. Leventhal
538 1/2 North Farish Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Honorable Jack Greenberg
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030
New York, New York 10019
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Richard T. Watson
Attorney
Wilkinson County Board of Education
Woodville, Mississippi