Order for Holmes County

    FIFTH CIRCUIT 

EDWARD W. WADSWORTH OFFICE OF THE CLERK 

CLERK 

ROOM 408-400 ROYAL. ST. 

NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70130 

1970 

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IN TUE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

  

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BEATRICE ALEXANDER, etial., 

Pl aint ; kn s-Appellants 

VS NOS. 28030 and 28042 

THE HOLMES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. 3 7 

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This action coming on for hearing on joint motion of 

the parties to amend that certain order of the Court dated 

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November 7, 1969, and the Court having considered the motion, 

finds that certain amendments shculd be ordered at this time. 

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In accordance with these findings the Court orders: U 

That Page # 3 of Appendix 16 following NPLAN, 1970-71:" 

a Sy TER ££ 1% NG Gann, I, | rr) Ly xr 3 a - AF under paragraph # 1 be, and 1s hereby amended to read in its 

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"1. That Lexington Stiondange: Center, Ambrose, and 
Lexington School be zoned to form the Lexington 

Schon ZOorTiC . 

A. That the Lexington Attendance Center serve 
c= grades 5-12 for all students po ai ins in 

the Lexington zone. 
B. That the Lexington School serve grades l-4 

for all students residing in the Lexington 
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gO. That Ambrose be closed as an elementary 
school and reopened for administrative and/ 
or special education classes." 

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That Paragraph # 2 on page # 3 and continued on page # 4 
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of said Appendix 16 be, and is hereby amended to read in its 

entirety as follows: 

 



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na. That the Durant Attendance Center and Goodinan - 
Pickens Flementary be zoned to form the Durant 
zone . 

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A. That Durant Attendance Center serve grades 
1-12 for all students residing in this pro- 
posed zone except that Goodman-Pickens Ele- 
mentary be zoned to approximate capacity 
to serve all students in grades 1-8." 

It is further ordered by the Court that the Durant Muni - 

cipal Separate School District, of the City of Durant, Holmes 

County, State of Mississippi, created by ordinance enacted by 

said City on the 26th day of January, 1970, and thereafter 

approved by the State Educational Finance Commission of the 

State of Mississippi, and which district removes and subtracts 

its geographical area from the Holmes County School District 

and removes approximately 360 Negro students and 260 white 

students, previously assigned to schools in the Holmes County 

School District by the order of this Court of November 7; 1969, 

be and the formation of said district is hereby approved and 

confirmed by this Court under the following terus and conditions: 

x 1. That as long as said Durant Municipal Separate School 

District is in existence the Board of Trustees of 

said district shall never have less than two Negro 

members appointed and serving upon said five member 

Board of Trustees; the Negro members of said Board 

of Trustees to be selected and recommended by the 

Negro community of the City of Durant, and upon such 

recommendation to be appointed to the Board of Trust- 

ecs by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Durant. 

2. That as long as said Durant Municipal Separate School 

District ds in existence, the Principal of said 

school shall be a Negro, and that the responsibili 

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Mississippi, and those duties tradi , J tionally and by 

custom performed by a school principal in the State 

of Mississippi; that the responsibilities and duties 

to be performed by the Superintendent of Education 

of said Durant Municipal Separate School District 

shall be those prescribed by the statutes of the 

State of Misslssippi, and those duties J 

and by custom performed by a Superintendent of Educa- 

tion in the State of Mississippi. 

If the Durant Municipal Separate School District 

grants transfers to students residing outside the 

district it shall limit such transfers to 25 stu- 

dents only. 

day of July, 1970. 

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ATTOBXNEY FOR PLAINTI PELLANTS 

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CALVIN KING 

ATTORNEY FOR PEF ENDAT I5-APPLELLEES, 
THE CITY OF DURANT and THE DURANT 

MUNICIPAL SEPARATY¥ SCHOOL DISTRICT