A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Mississippi school district to halt local policies that had allowed some of the districtâs schools and classes to become racially segregated.
US District Judge Tom Lee gave the Walthall County School District 30 days to amend its student transfer policy and ordered an immediate halt to the alleged clustering of white students into certain classes in Tylertown, Miss., elementary schools.
The district shall cease using race in the assignment of students to classrooms in a manner that results in the racial segregation of students, Judge Lee said in his eight-page order.
The district shall randomly assign students to classrooms at the Tylertown Elementary Schools through the use of a student management software program, the judge said.
The action stems from a federal desegregation order issued in August 1970 â nearly 40 years ago. The case was closed for lack of activity in 2001.
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US District Judge Tom Lee gave the Walthall County School District 30 days to amend its student transfer policy and ordered an immediate halt to the alleged clustering of white students into certain classes in Tylertown, Miss., elementary schools.
The district shall cease using race in the assignment of students to classrooms in a manner that results in the racial segregation of students, Judge Lee said in his eight-page order.
The district shall randomly assign students to classrooms at the Tylertown Elementary Schools through the use of a student management software program, the judge said.
The action stems from a federal desegregation order issued in August 1970 â nearly 40 years ago. The case was closed for lack of activity in 2001.
Story link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/2010041...lYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDbWlzc3NjaG9vbGRp
