Memo from Brittain and Stone to Remedial Team Re: Conference Call on Preparing a Remedial Plan

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January 7, 1990

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Impact area
- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- Sheff v. O'Neill
Case
- Sheff v. O'Neill
U.S. state
- Connecticut
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 4adc9c65-a446-f011-877a-0022482c18b0

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Case Files, Sheff v. O'Neill Hardbacks. Memo from Brittain and Stone to Remedial Team Re: Conference Call on Preparing a Remedial Plan, 1990. 4adc9c65-a446-f011-877a-0022482c18b0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cda95337-be02-4325-b13e-218d441bf8e5/memo-from-brittain-and-stone-to-remedial-team-re-conference-call-on-preparing-a-remedial-plan. Accessed October 20, 2025.

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    PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL 

SHEFF SCHOOL EQUITY CASE IN CONNECTICUT 

January 7, 1990 

Memorandum 

TO CHARLES WILLIE (CW) 
CATHERINE WALSH (CW) 
MICHAEL ALVES (MA) 
DIEGO CASTELLANOS (DC) 

REMEDIAL TEAM FOR DEVELOPING AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN 

FROM: JOHN BRITTAIN AND MARTHA STONE 

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE CALL ON MONDAY, JAN. 7, 1991 AT 

1:30 P.M. O'CLOCK TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN PREPARING 

A REMEDIAL PLAN 

  

Several of the lawyers in Sheff invite each of you, 

schedules permitting, to participate in a conference call. we 

want to create a team effort by the experts to maximize the time 

and skills of each person. As a result, we seek your response tO 

the proposed schedule of activities. 

ate willie Alves Walsh Castellanos 

Jan, 
Days: 1 2 Unavail.? 2 

Task: Sketch . Add details Add details Meet w/pls, 

options 1-5 on options on options community 

  

* Michael Alves in consultation with Chuck Willie submitted to 

the plaintiffs and the lawyers seven linchpins for a remedial 

plan. Catherine Walsh furnished additional considerations. 

We ask the experts to discuss specific options for Hartfoxd and 

the surrounding area with respect to the following: 

1. Political governance. Currently, local boards 

operate the school districts with funding provided by the local 

governing body. Choices: gingle district, existing districts or 

new districts. 
2. Attendance zones. Presently the district/municipal 

boundary line with sub-zones within the district. Options: 

metropolitan zoning crossing existing districts or in newly 

created districts; or free choice. 

 



  

a 

REMEDIAL TEAM PROPOSED SCHEDULE MEMORANDUM PAGE 2 

Jan, = Community outreach, focus groups and data gathering 

Feb. on all aspects of education in the region to feed 

experts for analysis. The plaintiffs expect to hire a 

community organizer in January, and they will assign 

part of her or his duties to this effort. 

All experts will exchange drafts with each other and 

plaintiffs and the lawyers. Feedback on options from 

focus groups, plaintiffs, and Sheff attorneys will be 

given to experts. 

Feb, - 
Mar. 

Days: 2 2 3 3 

Task: Draft plan Draft plan Mtgs w/ Mtgs w/ 
focus grps. focus grps 

- Draft plan Draft plan 

April ~ 

May 
Days: 3 2 3 3 

Task: Meetings Revise plan Meetings in Mtgs w/ 

in Htd. with Htd. with relevant 

relevant relevant persons 

persons persons in Htd, 

Revise plan Revise plan Revise 
plan 

  

3, Assignment of pupils. Mandatory or voluntary Or 

combination. 
4, Educational enhancement. Please see the attached 

listing of possible options on the last page of this memo. 

5. Educational governance. Who will manage the daily 

operation of the schools? Centralized or decentralized. 

Political governing structure or alternative administration 

within the attendance zones. 
6. Costs. 
7. Implementation. 

 



  

  

REMEDIAL TEAM PROPOSED SCHEDULE MEMORANDUM PAGE 3 

SUB - 6 6 6 8 

TOTAL 
ESTIMATE 
OF DAYS 

PREVIOUS 6°? 8? 47? 0 

# OF DAYS 
USED 

FINAL 12-13 14-13 10-11 8 

TOTAL 
OF DAYS 

 



  

onsideration © omponents of 

Educational Enhancements 

‘ All day kindergarten 
Early learning programs/early childhood enters 

Two-way bilingual or multi-cultural schools 
‘ Specialty Schools: W

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Language immersion 
Montessori 
Open education 
Continuous progress or gifted and talented specialties 

Talent development 
Creative arts 
Teacher-pupll learning centers 
Programs for the academically talented 3

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1 
2
3
 

1 

5. Effective schools program 

Magtery learning 
Elementary counseling 
Home lessons 
Reading improvement plan 

6. Schoecls of emphagis program 
7 Staff Development 
8. Reduction in pupil/teacher ratios 
9, School-based management 
10. Elimination of tracking 
11. Cooperative learning 
12. “Success for All" program - Baltimore (one to one tutoring, 

frequent assessment) (see Slavin reports) 
13. Afterschool programs 
14. Renovation of buildings, construction of new facilities

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