Interrogatories

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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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| the undersigned within fifteen (15) days after service. 

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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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