Vestiges of Segregation Remain in Jefferson County Schools.

Institution	Kentucky State Commission on Human Rights, Frankfort.
Titel	Vestiges of Segregation Remain in Jefferson County Schools.
Quelle	(1977), (45 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Black Students; Black Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; Guidelines; Public Schools; Racial Balance; Racially Balanced Schools; School Desegregation; School Segregation; Kentucky; Kentucky (Louisville) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Richtlinien; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Integrative Schule
Abstract	This report notes that the Jefferson County, Kentucky, school system has failed to implement the 1975 Court-ordered desegregation plan. Data supplied by the Board of Education and data taken from previous state Human Rights Commission reports demonstrate that Jefferson County schools continue to manifest racial imbalance among students, faculty and staff. In the 1976-77 academic year, 16 schools within the system had black student enrollments outside the 12 to 40 percent limits established in the county's desegregation plan. With regard to faculty, there was a concentration of black teachers in two districts in the predominantly black west end of Louisville. The percentage in these districts exceeded the system-wide percentage for all school levels. Other districts had percentages equal to or below the average at the middle and secondary levels. The elementary schools were found to be least out of balance in teacher-student ratio. Only 29 of the system's 101 elementary schools, however, were in full compliance. Disproportionate concentrations of blacks and whites on the paraprofessional and clerical levels also were present. This report states that lax administration, rather than any inadequacy of the court guidelines, continues to perpetuate racial segregation in Jefferson County Schools. (Author/GC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC