Proposed Resolution of the Central Board
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December 3, 1971

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION CENTRAL BOARD December 3, 1971 WHEREAS the Federal District Court has ordered the Detroit Board of Education to submit a plan for the desegregation of the Detroit Public Schools; and WHEREAS continuing decreases in the percentages of both white pupils and middle income families in Detroit have made effective integration within the city limits impossible; and WHEREAS the arbitrary city boundaries are not consistent with the idea that equal opportunity for quality integrated education is a responsibility of the total community; and WHEREAS it is the policy of this Board to provide high quality education on an integrated basis for all of its students; and WHEREAS in its deliberations the Board has attempted to develop plans which would meet the criteria of desegregation, educational soundness, equal opportunity, workability, stability, and community participation; THEREFORE, this Board has concluded that the only meaningful solution to the problems of racial isolation in Detroit Public Schools is the development of a metropolitan plan of desegregation. 2 Recognizing that it is the obligation of this Board to present desegregation plans to the Court today, we further resolve that as alternates the following plans also be submitted to the Court for consideration: PLAN A - Improved Incentives PLAN C - Special Humanities Schools The Board passed a second resolution indicating that although both Plans A and C were to be submitted, Plan A has priority over Plan C.