Interim Report on Desegregation, October 2, 1970

     [||0733a580-b011-42b5-9435-22f6e1cee645||] IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

CHARLOTTE DIVISION 

  
i JAMES E. SWANN, et al,   

Plaintiffs, 

vs. Civil Action No. 1974 

CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG 

BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al, 

Defendants.   
INTERIM REPORT ON DESEGREGATION, OCTOBER 2, 1970 
  

Supplementing the interim repor: of Senitember 23, 1970, and 
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plaintiffs’ filing with respect thereto dated September 25, 1970, the 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education reports to the Court: 

conse of September 25, 1970, suggested 
A 1. Plaintiffs’ res 

consideration of other schools in which students from Barringer, Amay   
James and Berryhill conld be housed. The staff considered those 

schools and reported as follows: 

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A. A number of the schools suggested by the plaintiffs could | 

not be considered because of lack of space. No space is available at 

Derita, Newell, Statesville Road, Windsor Park and Pineville. Tae 

‘plaintiffs suggested the use of Eastover, apparently thinking that space 

was available there as well. | Special education classes have been assigned 

to Fastover, so this school would have 10 be eliminated as a pcssibility. 

B. Three schools -- Idlewild, Merry Oaks and Cotswold -- 

have only one room available. When only one room is avallable,         7 

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movement of stidents in this room is limited to a single grade level. 

If the staff should move students from a single housing project, it would 

think in terms of the total group rather than a single grade level, For 

that reason, the staff attempted to find schools with several available 

classrooms. Therefore, these three schools do not represent a foeible 

alternative. 

C. Montclaire and Old Providence presently have three 

classrooms. onoh which could oe used, By comparison, Bain and Clear 

Creek have seven rooms each. While Montclaire and Old Providence 

would be bohnidered an alternative, it is the recommendation of the staff 

that Clear Creek pp Bain be used by reason of the larger number of 

rooms available, thereby permitting distribution of black students to all 

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D. It is noted that Paw Creek has five classrooms which 

could be utilized. However, this is an ares where white parents are 

apparently continuing to keep their children out of school. In addiiion, 

the school is located in the western portion of the county which has 

experienced the most substantial recent degree of racial imbalances and 

therefore, the staff's recommendation attempted to move pluck students 

eastward to relieve the western section of the county as much as possible. 

2. It is contemplated that Berryhill will move from the half-day   
to the full-day schedule in the very near future. This school is seriously! 

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overcrowded and upon moving to a full-day schedule will create an 

intolerable housing condition which the staff proposes remedying es follows: 

A. In view of the closer proximity of Nations Ford to the 

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terling facility, it is proposed that one grade level at Nations Ford   
school would be moved to Sterling, where together with the special 

 



  
      

education classes, it would substantially fully utilize the facility. This 

rola réiiove mobile units for PAT to Berryhill, whish mobile units 

together with other mobile units would relieve classroom crowding at 

Beiryhill Nine additional mobile units and nine additional teachers 

would be assigned to Berryhill school. 

3. The staff proposes to immediately implement relocation of 

students, mobile units and faculty in aclardauhy with its proposal 

contained in Paragraph 2 hereof. 

Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of October, 1970. 

  

William J. Waggoner 
Weinstein, Waggoner, Sturges, Odom; 

and Bigger 

1100 Barringer Office Tower 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

  

Benjamin S. Horack 

Ervin, Horack and McCartha- 

806 East Trade Street 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

Attorneys for Defendants [||0733a580-b011-42b5-9435-22f6e1cee645||]