Interrogatories
Public Court Documents
February 9, 1965
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Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hardbacks. Interrogatories, 1965. 5579b193-2d34-f111-88b4-7c1e526962fd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7601e185-33cc-40b9-925c-fab6f9b41bd1/interrogatories. Accessed June 02, 2026.
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f. Humber of Hegro teachers and other adnin~
istrative or professional personnel employed
a8 of the beginning of the 1964-65 school
year at sasch school;
g« Humber of white teschers and other adamin~
istrative or professional personnel employed
as of the beginning of the 1964-65 school
year at each school;
he Humber of Negro and white teachers snd ether
sdainistrativw or professional personnel
anticipated or planned for the 1965-66
school year;
i. The planned pupil capacity of each school;
§. Pupil-teacher ratio at each school durieg
the 1964-65 school year (most recent avail-
able figures).
List for each school having Negro and white pupils in
attendance!
8. The nase of the schools
b. The number of Hegro pupils in attendance at
the school}
¢. The number of white pupils in ettendance at
the school;
d. I1f the school is otherwise predominantly
white in attendance, the date the Negro
pupil or pupils were sssigned;
¢. If the school is otherwise predominantly
Negro in attendance, the date the white
pupil or pupils were assigned,
If any Negro pupil residing in the City of Charlotte or
the County of Mecklenburg is assigned to a school locate
outside of the Charlotte~Mecklenburg School District,
state:
2. The nane snd location of each school;
b. he nane of the child (or children);
¢., The number of Negro pupils assigned for the
1364-65 school vear and grades attending at
each school;
d, The plan by which tuition is paid at each
school;
@. The method by which students are transported
to each schoel.
1f any white pupil residing in the City of Charlotte oF
the County of Mecklenburg is assigned to a school locate
outside of the Charlotte~Mecklenburg School District,
stata:
8. The name snd location of each school;
b. The neme of the child (or children)
¢€: The number of white pupils assigned for the
1964-65 school vear and grades attending at
each school;
d. The plan by which tuition ie paid at each
school;
¢. The method by which students ave transported
to sach school.
As to each school to which students are assigned by the
Board, including, Lf any, schools located outside of the
Charlotte~Mecklenburg School District, please provide
the following infomation for the 1964-65 school year:
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8. The name of sach school which has been
accredited by the Southern Association of
Celleges and Sscondary Schools
b. Percentage of students entering each
school, who, based wpon sine of past
graduating classes, are likely to
g raduate,
Give the standards employed, as to each school, Lif such
standards very with different schools, to detemine the
initial assignment of children to a particular public
school:
a. When & child enters the school system at the
first grade level;
b. When a child enters the school system at an
upper grade level;
¢, When a child is promoted from elementary
school to junior Ligh school;
d. V¥When a child {s promoted from elementary
school to high school;
¢., When a child is promoted from junior high
school te high scheel;
f. When a child changes residence from one place
within the school district served by the
Board to another place within the district
served by the Board;
2. When a child moves into the district served
by the Board from another scheol outside of
the Board's jurisdiction.
State whether school zones, sttendsance lines or seme
geog vaphic definition determines or is a factor in assign
ment oy transfer of pupils to either or all of the public
schools under the jurisdiction of the Board.
1f the answer to lnterrogatory 7 is ia the affimative,
attach 2 map describing said school senes, attendance
lines or geographic de finitiea with respsct to each such
school, ox Lif this is not possible, state vhere such a
mep may be located, Lf available, and when such map may
be inspected.
If the snswer to Interrogatory 7 is in the affimative,
list for esch school zone or attendance area the number
of Negro school children regardless of grade currently
residing ia such zone or attendance avea and the number
of white school children regardless of grade currently
residing ia such zone or attendance ares.
1f the snswer to Interrogatory 7 fs in the affimmative,
state what standards or eriteria were used to determine
school zones or attendance areas.
1f the answer to laterrogatory 7 is {a the negative as ta
either schoel or all schools, state whether school zones,
sttendance lines or some geographic definition of assign+
ment to the public schools have ever been employed by
the Board snd, Lf so, state when use was discontinved,
speci fically referring to minutes of Board meetings or
other public records where this can be wari fied.
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12, If children are assigned or transferred to or from school |
by some geographic standard other thas school zones, de-~
scribe sald standard in detail and the manner in whieh ft
is adainistered,
13. If children are not assigned or transferred to or from
school on the basis of school zones or some other geo~
| graphic standard, describe in detail the standards em~ |
I ployed to deterasine assigaments and how these standards
are adainistered.
14. Attach or state any rules and regulations pertainimg to | |
assignment and transfer of pupils presently in foree.
i5. state vaat specific steps have been taken by the Board, ; f : | ’ 6
Fr are planned, ia the way of eliminating racial diserim=~ |
ination in the public schools of Charlotte~Meck land urg
since the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board
yf Education.
16. State any course, programs, or facilities. iif any, which
ere available at schools attended by white pupils only
(or predominantly by white pupils) which are not availe-
able at schools attended by Negroes only (er predominantly
by Neg roes).
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CONRAD OO. PEARBON
203 1/2 East Chanel Hill Street
Vurham , North Carolina
Js LEVONNE CHAMBERS
405 1/2 East Trade Street
Charlotte, North Carel #
JACE CREENBERE
DERRICK A, BELL, JR.
10 Columbus Circle
Nev York, New York 10019
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