Report on Canton Municipal Separate School District

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POWELL, FANCHER & FANCHER 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

P. O. BOX 245 

CANTON, MiIssISsSIPPI 380486 

TELEPHONE 830-1889 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK BULDING 

ROBERT H. POWELL, JR. 
JOE R. FANCHER. JR. November 24, 1970 

H. NOLEN FANCHER 

Honorable Edward W. Wadsworth, Clerk 
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 
400 Royal Street - Room 408 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Nos. 28030 and 28042 - USA v. Hinds County, et al Re: 
(Canton Municipal Separate School District, et al) 

Dear Mr. Wadsworth: 

Enclosed herewith for filing in the above captioned cause are the 
original and three copies of report to the Court as required by Order of 

March 30, 1970. 

Thanking you for your usual fine cooperation, | am 

Sincerely yours, 

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Joe R. Fancher, Jr. 

cc: Judges Bell, Thornberry and Morgan 

Counsel of Record 

Clerk, District Court 

 



  

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

  

Nos. 28030 & 28042 

  

JOAN ANDERSON, et al, 
Plaintiffs-Appellants ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED 

STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSIS~ 
SIPPI 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant 

y. Civil Action No. 3700 (J) 

CANTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT, et al 

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Defendants-Appellees 

NOW COME the Defendants, Canton Municipal Separate School District, et al, 
in the above styled and numbered cause, and respectfully submit their report to the 
Court pursuant to Order dated the 30th of March, 1970 

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(@) Number of students by race enrolled in the school district: 

White Negro Total 

  

  

65 3744 3809 

(b) Number of students by race enrolled in each school in the district: 

      

  

School White Negro Total 

Canton Elementary 18 526 544 

Canton Jr. High 5 252 257 

Canton Public High 17 1272 1289 

McNeal Elementary 6 517 523 
Nichols Elementary 19 1177 1196 
  

65 3744 3809 

 



  

(c) Number of students by race enrolled in each classroom in each of the schools in the district: 

  

    

  

  

  

School Grade Negro White Total 

Canton Elementary 1 203 9 212 
2 144 3 147 
3 174 ] 175 
Special Hd. 5 5 10 

526 18 544 

Canton Jr. High 7 252 5 257 

Canton Public High 8 287 3 290 
9? 306 é 312 
10 296 3 299 
11 206 4 210 
12 177 1 178 

1272 i yg 1289 

McNeal Elementary 1 172 1 173 
2 166 3 169 
3 164 2 166 
Special Ed. 15 0 15 

S517 6 523 

Nichols Elementary 4 401 é 407 
5 349 7 356 
6 368 6 374 

Special Ed. 59 0 59 
“177 19 1196 
  

With a departmentalized organization all students rotate by the hour from one classroom teacher 
to another. All white students have been assimilated into classrooms with Negro students. 

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(@) Number of full time teachers by race in the district: 

Negro White Total 
    

145 32 177 

(b) Number of full time teachers by race in each school in the district: 

  

Canton Elementary 15 7 22 
Canton Junior High 7 6 13 
Canton Public High 54 14 68 
McNeal Elementary 24 2 26 
Nichols Elementary 45 3 48 

145 32 177 

(c) Number of part time teachers by race in district: 

NO NE 

(d) Number of part time teachers by race in each school in the district: 

NONE 

 



  

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Describe the requests and the results which have accrued, by race, under the majority to 

the minority transfer provision which was a part of this court's order of November 7, 1969: 

Due to the organizational structure of the Canton Municipal Separate School District as 

of December 31, 1969, as prescribed by our court order, there is no majority to minority 

transfer due to the pairing of school attendance center. In any event, there have been no 

requests for transfer. 

iV. 

State the number of inter-district transfers granted since this court's order of November 7, 

1969, the race of the students who were granted such transfers, and the school district to 

which the transfers were allowed: 

NONE 

V. 

State whether the transportation system, if any, in the district is desegregated to the extent 

that Negro and white students are transported daily on the same busses: 

YES 

Vi. 

State whether all facilities such as gymnasiums, auditoriums, and cafeterias are being 

operated on a desegregation basis: 

YES 

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Give brief description of any present or proposed construction or expansion of facilities: 

NONE 

Vil. 

(a) State whether the school board has sold or abandoned any school facility, equipment, 

or supplies having a total value of more than $500.00 since this court's order of November 7, 

1969: 

YES, all in response to advertisement 
for competitive bids as follows: 

579 obsolete desks $295.39 

1967 GMC Chassis & Body 250.00 

1956 Chevrolet Chassis 100.00 

1958 Ford Chassis 150.00 

1960 GMC Chassis 100.00 

 



    

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(@) State whether there is a bi-racial advisory committee to the school board in the school 
district: 

YES 

(b) If so, state whether the bi-racial advisory committee has submitted recommendations to the 
board of education. | 

YES 

(c) If so, state the number and disposition of such recommendations: 

The Bi-Racial School Board Committee has made several recommendations to the school 
board and all were approved by the board. 

(d) If a bi-racial committee is in existence, state briefly the areas of the education process 
in which the bi-racial committee is to function: 

The Bi-Racial School Board Advisory Committee has been asked by the school board to 
consider all matters within the jurisdiction of the school board and to make recommendations 
for improvement. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Canton Municipal Separate School District 

By 
  

“Tamar Fortenberry, Superintendent 

 



  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

|, Joe R. Fancher, Jr., attorney for Canton Municipal Separate School District, 

A do hereby certify that on this the 74 day of November, 1970, | caused to be served 

by United States mail, postage prepaid, true and correct copies of the foregoing report 

to the Court upon attorneys of record for plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenor, addressed 

as follows: 

Mr. Melvyn R. Leventhal 
P. O. Drawer 290 
Jackson, Mississippi 

Mr. Melvyn Zarr 
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 2030 
New York, N. Y. 10019 

Mr. David L. Norman 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
Department of Justice 
Washington, D. C. 20530 

Mr. Robert E. Hauberg, 
United States Attorney 
P. O. Box 2091 
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 

   
  

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Attorney at Law 
P. O. Box 245 
Canton, Mississippi 39046