IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

VIVIAN CALHOUN, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

ED S. COOK, ET AL.,

Defendants

CIVIL ACTION NO. 6298

PLAN OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AS DEVISED AND AGREED UPON BETWEEN PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED CAUSE

COME now Plaintiffs and Defendants and submit to the Court their jointly proposed plan of settlement for approval by the Court and conforming Orders subject to any Court modification. Said proposed plan contemplates full resolution of the Plaintiffs' claims regarding pupil issignment, faculty desegregation and administrative desegregation in the above-captioned cause, except for the questions of assessment of any cost and/or attorneys' fees, which issues are reserved for further proceedings in accordance with the Court's directions. Further, said settlement shall in no way affect the merits of other matters now pending before the Court and/or pre-consolidated into the cause previously denominated ARMOUR, ET AL. , VS. NIX, ET AL., Cause No. 16708 (the "metro suit").

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully request that the Court accept for review the Plaintiffs' and Defendants' plan of proposed settlement in accordance with the above set forth stipulations and enter appropriate, conforming Orders.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS Warren C. Fortson Prentiss Q. Yancey, Jr.

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS Benjamin W. Spaulding Elizabeth Rindskopf

Pursuant to Court Orders and the directives of the named principal parties, representatives of Plaintiffs and Defendants conducted a series of negotiating sessions under the auspices of the court appointed "Bi-Racial Committee". The negotiations were oriented towards seeking an educationally sound and practical resolution of the Plaintiffs' claims, and they proceeded in an atmosphere of vigorous discussion and mutual good faith having reached an accord, the representatives sought and received adoption and approval of a plan of proposed settlement from their principals, the parties to this action.

The plan includes certain general provisions which are uniformly applicable throughout the proposals' constituent parts, those parts being a "plan for desegregation of administration", a "plan for staff desegregation", a "majority to minority pupil transfer plan", and a "student assignment plan."

It is the expectation and firm commitment of the parties to carry out implementation of a court approved settlement plan within the context of mutual respect and good faith.

GENERAL PROVISIONS TO PLAN OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

1. The following proposals, in toto, constitute a compromise settlement of the Plaintiffs' claims as limited by the foregoing "introduction" subject to Court approval and continuing jurisdiction over the implerentation of said proposals for a period of three years hereafter.

2. Representatives of the plaintiff and defendant shall meet no less frequently than quarterly for the purpose of reviewing past, current, and future implementation of the following proposals. The first of these meetings shall be held no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter school summer session, 1973.

3. For purposes of subsequent compliance reviews, each of the following proposals shall be considered severally; accordingly, a failure to achieve any specified aspect(s) of the following proposals shall not void the entire proposed plan, and the parties shall endeavor to mutually resolve any alleged non-compliance. Any subsequent appeal for court intervention with respect to noncompliance shall be limited to identified, specified issues and shall not expose for court review other areas of the plan in which there is compliance.

4. Unless otherwise indicated in the following sections, all of the following proposals shall become immediately effective apon approval of the plan by the Court.

5. Plaintiffs and Defendants jointly support local efforts towards open housing, and in the past have, and now again, recomend open housing to the City of Atlanta.

PLAN FOR DESEGREGATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION

The following staff positions initially shall be filled in their entirety no earlier than July 1, 1973, and no later than September 30, 1973, and for a period of three years hereafter, said position shall be maintained in function and salary. The new superintendent would have the authority to structure and reorganize the administration in keeping with the guidelines agreed upon by the Plaintiffs and Defendants. Further, in accordance with the continuing remedial nature of these proposals, an overall racial balance of administrative staff positions shall be maintained for a period of three years from the date of implementation. Further, all persons occupying the position of area superintendent shall have direct access to the superintendent. The contemplated additional cost of the following "new staff positions" including adjunct clerical support is in the amount of $539,534.40.

Superintendent	1	Black
Associate Superintendent- Administration	1	White - New Staff Position
Associate Superintendent- Operations	1	Black - New Staff Position
Assistant Superintendent- Community Affairs	1	Black
Assistant Superintendent- Administrative Services	1	White
Assistant Superintendent- Personnel	1	Black
Comptroller - Finance	1	White
Deputy Comptroller - Finance	1	Black - New Staff Position
Assistant Superintendent - Plant Planning	1	White
Director of Plant Planning	1	Black - New Staff Position
Assistant Superintendent - Research and Development	1
Director of Research and Development	1	Black - New Staff Position
Assistant Sunerintendent- Vocational Education	1	New Staff Position
*Assistant Superintendent -Intergovernmental Programs	1	New Staff Position
Assistant Superintenden - Instruction	1	Black
Area Superintendents	5	3 Black 2 White
Staff Attorney -Director Level	1	Black
Coordinator-Liaison Services	1	Black -New Staff Position
Director of Payroll and Certification	1	Black -New Staff Position
Coordinator of Vocational Personnel	1	Black -New Staff Position
Deputy Director of Educational Broadcasting	1	Black- New Staff Position
Food Service Coordinator	3	Black - New Staf'f Position
Assistant Area Superintendent	5	2 Must be Black - New Position
Director of M to M Transfers	1	Black - New Staff Position
Coordinator of M to M Transfers	1	White- New Staff Position
Directors	2	Black

* At least one of those positions must be filled by a Black.

PLAN FOR STAFF DESEGREGATION

Plaintiffs and the Atlanta Board of Education agree to implement the requirements embodied in Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F..2d 1211 (5th Cir.1970) and to assign all personnel working directly with children at any school, so that in no case will the racial composition of a school's staff indicate that a school is intended for either Black or white students, in accordance with the following:

1. "Staff working directly with children at any school" shall be defined to include all principals, teachers, teachers-aides and other staff, whether itinerant or special part-time. For the purposes of this agreement, staff under this definition shall be considered in four separate categories:

GROUP I: All full-time permanent teaching personnel assigned to one school on a non-rotating basis and salaried from normal school funds, including librarians, but excluding principals and vice-principals.

GROUP II: All full-time permanent teaching personnel who rotate between two or more schools and are salaried from normal school funds (itinerant teachers).

GROUP III: Special project teachers or teachcrs' aides who are full-time permanent teaching personnel assigned to one school on a non-rotation basis, but salaried out of special funds, such as Title I, Title III, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Title IVa and Model Cities.

GROUP IV: All assistant and full principals.

2. ''Compliance'' with the mandates of Singleton under this agreement shall be defined as a school meeting the following requirements:

(a) The racial ratio of Group I teachers, is within two teachers and ten percent (10%) above or below the system average for elementary, middle or high school teachers as appropriate, for any one school year after March 20, 1970; and

(b) The school has maintained a ratio in compliance with the above for three ccnsecutive school years, provided that for years subsequent to 1973-74 an expanded variation of five percent (5%) shall be allowed on a case by case basis where one of the following justifications can he established:

(1) Failure to comply with Singleton results from resignations and declining enrollment makes replacements unnecessary;

(2) The faculty, having complied with Singleton, has remained constant since its first year of compliance;

(3) An imbalance cannot be corrected due to unique teaching needs and a supply of teaching personnel only of the unrequested race.

3. System-wide ccmpliance with Singleton shall also mean that all Group II teachers within any given area the requirements of 2(a) above, considering such Group II teachers in terms of their own system wide racial ratio.

4. Where application of the criteria set forth in Paragraphs 2 and 3 result in a need for the transfer of personnel after 1973-74, such transfers as are necessary shall be done after the end of the spring quarter in any given school year.

5. Schools not in compliance with Singleton as defined in Paragraph 2 above as of the date of this agreement have beenidentified and appear below as Schedule "A". These schools only shall be brought into compliance with Singleton by the beginning of the 1973-74 school year, using the following methods in order of preference:

(a) Proper use of assignment of new personnel;

(b) Assignment of personnel returning from maternity leaves;

(c) Re-assignment of surplus personnel and personnel displaced as a result of the de-funding of certain federally funded programs;

(d) Voluntary transfers;

(e) Re-assignment of personnel from schools to be closed or reorganized;

(f) Re-assignment of personnel by involuntary transfer.

6. The Atlanta School Board will immediately formulate and initiate an in-service training program for all involved staff in order to insure the successful operation of this program and progress in the successful in operation of the Atlanta Public Schools.

7. It is understood by all parties that the over-all ratio of staff will change due to resignation, leave, etc. Therefore, there will be no rcquirement to maintain any given racial ratio for staff. Teachers shall be hired, fired, promoted, demoted and recruited on the basis of non-discriminatory, individual qualifications. School assignments alone of persons so hired will be made in an effort to maintain the Singleton compliance outlined above.

TEACHER CHANGES RESULTING FROM PROPOSED STAFF INTEGRATION PLAN

[ ] Denotes teachers removed. Non-bracketed numbers denot teachers added.

ELEMENTARY

-	BLACK	WHITE
Ben Hill	3	[3]
Bethune	[3]	3
Birney	4	[4]
Continental Colony	5	[5]
English	[2]	2
Fain	[2]	2
Home Park	3	[3]
Hope, R.L.	3	[3]
Hutchinson	2	[2]
Inman	3	[3]
Jackson	3	[3]
Kimberly	3	[3]
Morningside	2	[2]
Pitts	[2]	2
Wesley	[3]	3
Changes Required (Persons Involved)	43	43

HIGH

Archer	[6]	6
Dykes	12	[12]
Fulton	4	[4]
Grady	4	[4]
Howard	[5]	5
North Fulton	4	[4]
Northside	10	[10]
O'Keefe	3	[3]
Price	[5]	5
Roosevelt	4	[4]
Turner	[5]	5
Washington	[5]	5
Changes Required (Persons Involved)	67	67

TOTAL 220

MAJORITY TO MINORITY PUPIL TRANSFER PLAN

In 1970, the Atlanta Public School System inaugurated a program whereby studcnts could request transfer to schools of their choice, if such transfers would further the desegregation of the school system. This Majority to Minority (or M & M) transfer plan has resulted in over two thousand students being voluntarily reassigned this past year.

As part of this agreement, the M & M program will be substantially expanded, beginning with the third quarter of the current school year. The expanded M & M plan will be significantly differently from the existing, both in its structure and its operation. Of the changes, the most significant will be the aggressive and continuing emphasis upon expanding the educational value of the program.

Specifically, the program will have as its goals:

1. Increase current level of M & M participation.

2. Assumption of M & M administrative and financial responsibility the Atlanta School System.

3. Developing broad based community support for the M & M program.

4. Movement towards racial parity of particpants in the M & M program.

5. Commitment by the school sytem to achieving certain levels of racial balance in specified schools by September, 1973 (i..e., Jackson -30% black; Smith - 30% black; Garden Hills- 35%; black; E. P. Howell - 30% black; Capitol View - 30% black; Sylvan Hills - 30% black; West 30% black).

6. Active and continuing efforts to make every part of the M & M program, including transportation to and from each student's school of choice, a significant part of the educational process.

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM:

Toward this end, the ultimate responsibility for the program will be assigned to an assistant superintendent for community affairs. Until such time as this position is filled a currently employed assistant superintendent agreeable to Plaintiffs and Defendants will supervise the development and immediate implcmentation of the program.

Operational responsibility for all aspects of the program will be assigned to an individual occupying a director-level staff position, who shall devote full time to the program's immediate development and implementation.

At the same time a "citizens advisory council" will be created to assist with the development and operation of the program. This committee will encompass a broad spectrum of the community, including: Private citizens currently active in the M & M program, parents of students presently enrolled in the public schools, and representatives of diversified community interest organizations (neighborhood organizations, church organizations, business organizations, etc.) Further, the members on the committee shall represent racial, economic, and geographical balance.

Within the schools, each area superintendent will designate an administrator who be responsible for M & M activities within the area of his superintendency.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT:

The system-wide citizens advisory council and the assistant superintendent shall have primary responsibility for the development of general supervision of the M & M program, and shall share with the designated area wide personnel responsibility for the rccruitment of students for M & M. participation and follow-up responsibilities to assure the successful operation of the program.. This group would make certain that the needs of each student who elects M & M transfer are being met. The advisory council would, for example, make certain that his transportation needs are satisfied, that his adjustment to a new school is satisfactory, and that his family has confidence in the transfer.

Prior to the beginning of the third quarter of school, the Atlanta Public Schools shall:

1. Establish a school-financed transportation system for students currently participating in the M & M program.

2. Appoint a full-time, system-wide coordinator of the new M & M program, together with creating a system-wide citlzens advisory group. A preliminary program to implement. the goals outlined above shall be prepared.

Iimmediately upon his appointment the new assistant superintendent for comnunity affairs shall begin preparing a long-range program to the goals of the M & M program, submittIng to the Board of Education no later than thirty (30) days after his appointment.

Quarterly progress reports on the program shall be submitted to the plaintiffs, defendants and the Bi-Racial Committee.

ILLUSTRATIVE PROGRAM ELEMENTS:

The final shape of the upgraded M&M progress will be determined by a cooperative effort of the citizens of Atlanta, participants in the program, and appropriate school officials. The following, while not definitive description of program elements, illustrate the type of activities that would be considered. during the program development.

PRIOR TO THE PROCRAM:

Two critical stcps must be undertaken even before the program can be launched. It will be necessary to fully inform the community, using every means available of the precise nature and advantages of the program. In addition, citizens of all parts of the community must be encouraged to participate in the program.

The burden of informing the community lies upon the public schools. They will actively seek to feed information to all mass media in the city, both print and electronic. In addition, the school radio and TV stations will develop special programming related to the significant changes in the M & M program. It is anticipated that ETV will be especially valuable in this respect. Where appropriate, respected community leaders and members of the citizens advisory group should be encouraged to appear on panels or TV talk shows to describe the M & M program.

In addition, existing ccmmunity organizations or ad hoc groups may wish to take full-page ads in the various newspapers or prepare public service spots for radio and TV.

The schools may also want to develop special publications devoted to the M & M program. Already there are plans for new media to be created by the schools that can he utilized as vehicles for disseminating information about program to the community and to school staff. Some of these would be addressed to citizens organizations; others to parents. In this way a full range of information may be quickly distributed to people whose interest in the M&M program is most intense.

Finally, it is vital that the school staffs be fully informed of the M & M program, the changes being made in it, and the improved educational opportunities it will provide.

Although further may be necessary, the preliminary goals for the citizens acdvisory group are as follows:

1. To assist in the development of creative plans for the M&M plan implementation.

2. To solicit the support of a broad range of the community for the expanded and improved M & M transfer plan.

3. To create, through the dissemination of accurate and precise information, a positive climate of understanding and support of the M & M program.

In accomplishing these goals, the citizens advisory group will be working closely with the PTAs in Atlanta, the local school staffs, parents and neighborhood organizations.

AS THE PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED: Three factors may play critical roles in the success of the new M & M program over the first d ays and weeks after it is initiated: Initially, it will be necessary to orient participants, both at the receiving and sending ends. Then it will be important to familiarize all participants and their parents with the operations of the program. Meanwhile, it is vital that the safety and comfort of all participants be assured. Each of these will be addressed from the first moment the newly expanded program becomes operational.

Formal orientation programs will need to be drawn up through the cooperative efforts of the citizens advisory group and school officials. Familiarization with the new M & M program can be provided through activities such as the following: Parents may be offered a trial-run ride to their children's schools, where they can meet the principal and teachers.

School staff, both principals and teachers, can be encouraged to make a special effort in the halls welcoming students, learning new names, and reassuring the school family by his or her presence. School personnel and/or college interns could be stationed where they would be highly visible throughout the day, ready to assist in the solving of little problems that. may grow of the initial transfers.

To assure the safety and comfort of each M & M student, monitors would be stationed on the bus. It might be feasible, for example, to utilize college students who could diplomatically, yet firmly, resolve the little inconveniences and discomforts of a new procedure for students.

AS THE PROGRAM BECOMES OPERATIONAL: As soon as possible after the new M & M program is launched, it will be desirable to establish and implement for all school personnel a special program in desegregation problems. It is possible that federal funds could be secured for developing and implementing such a program with the assistance of interested comnunity and school people. A committee of principals could be immediately assigned the task of developing a training program that will enable school personnel to fully meet the needs of the transferees. This training should be developed by a reputable outside organization and highly publicized, as a means of insuring its credibility with the community.

Continuing informal communications vehicles must be developed and implemented, keeping the community and parents informed about the progress of the program.

EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT: Perhaps the most significant -- and the most challenging -- part of the newly expanded M & M program will be the effort to enhance the educational process even as the students are getting from one school to another. Toward this end, a number of ideas and concepts must be explored, assessed and implemented. Among those that might be considered are:

1. Mini-tours. Students moving from one school to another may pass near significant and interesting institutions within the city. As part of an enriched curriculum, arrangements would be made for students to stop at a museum or concert hall or other areas of educational interest. There they could briefly explore ideas and programs related to their studies in the classroom.

It would also be possible to bring the classroom into the school bus. With the installation of portable television sets, for example, younger children could be grouped in one section of the bus to watch Sesame Street or other regularly scheduled educational programs. The school television station may be able to create special programming for M&M students. Where feasible it may be desirable to utilize videocassette television for specially tailored educational programs for M & M students. It would even be possible to schedule movies, utilizing some of the recently developed portable projection units that handle single concept films, etc.

Over the near term, it would he possible to create specially designed self-paced, self -instructional materials for use by M&M students. The best of these have demonstrated that it is possible to compact learning time, substantially increasing the speed with which individual students can master a subject.

The citizens advisory council may agree to undertake a continuing program called Conversations with the Community. Such a program would bring community people aboard the bus to discuss their work on their careers with M& M students.
One day, for example, a businessman may outline briefly what his day-to-day operations are and answer questions from the students. The next, a home economist might review strategies for shopping. The program could be as varied as the imagination allows, with substantial informal learning occurring.

Finally, it may be desirable in some instances to offer students an opportunity for a nourishing breakfast as they are en route to their school. Such a program would offer at least two immediate benefits: parents of M&M students could have approximately 30 minutes each morning -- at the same time -- being certain that their children were receiving a good meal.

STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLAN

Tne following plan shall be implemenented by the beginning of the fourth quarter - summer session, 1973. Because utilization of facilities and the number of students and faculty involved with the fourth quarter - summcr sessions are otherwise as contemplated by the student assignment plan and faculty plan, the assignments of students and faculty for the fourth quarter summer session, 1973, shall be in accordance with the plan drawn by the school corporation's staff and approved by representatives of the Plaintiffs in consultation with the Defendants. Further, all children enrolled in kindergarten shall be exempt from the transfer provisions of the following plan and they shall remain in their presently assigned school unless the facility is phased out or closed.

In arriving at the student plan the parties agreed upon the following criteria as guidelines attempting to adhere to them in all events unless circumstances relative to a particular school necessitated a deviation:

1) No school would contain less than 30% Black students.

2) No exceptions unless a schcol was shown to be stable and integrated 20% or more Black.

3) White students would be transferred only into schools where the resulting enrollment wold be 30% white.

4) All Black schools unaffected or left "untouched" would be determined according to agreed upon objective criteria such as condition of the building, classroom space, distance to other schools, and phasing out.

5) Rules 1 through 4 would be applied in all effort to maximize integration of all students.

It was further agreed that the following methods would be employed toward reaching the above in the listed order of priority:

1) Redrawing of zone lines

2) Closing of schools

3) Pairing with the closest schools of the opposite race

In applying the above criteria, it was determined and agreed that the following schools contained less than 30% Black student enrollment as off January 25, 1973:

Garden Hills	3.4
Grant Park	4.3
Grant Park Pri.	29.5
Guice	11.4
Highland	4.5
Home Park	4.4
Hope, R.L.	5.4
Howell, E.P.	3.9
Humphries	27.9
Hutchinson	6.5
Inman	1.5
Jackson	16.8
Moreland	21.6
Morningside	1.2
Mt. Vernon	6.3
Perkeson	1.4
Rock Springs	2.7
Smith, Sarah	21.5
Spring	7.7
Sylvan Hills	14.0
West	9.6
Sutton	17.9
Dykes	1.1
North Fulton	2.9

In addition to the above schools, it was agreed that O'Keefe High School would he changed to a Middle School with resulting enrollment of 35.3% Black enrollment.

SCHOOLS EXEMPT UNDER CRITERIA NO. 2

Moreland
Grant Park Primary
Capitol View
Humphries
Lin

SCHOOLS CLOSED

McClatchey

R.L. Hope

Rock Springs

Mt. Vernon

Highland

Sutton Middle (See Dykes below)

(Schools not on list also closed: Goldsmith & Luckie)
(Dykes closed and changed to Sutton Middle)

Bolton-Mitchell

Bolton is presently 100% white with 199 white students in attendance. Mitchell is presently 9.3% Black with 350 white and 36 Black students in attendance. It is proposed that a total of 195 Black students presently in attendance at Chattahoochee and Scott be rezoned into Bolton. It is then proposed that Bolton be paired with Mitchell resultng in a 30% level of attendance of Blacks at both Bolton and Mitchell. Grades to be paired shall he determined by the Administration.

Brewer

Brewer is presently 18.5% Black with 251 white and 57 Black students in attendance. It is proposed that 60 additional Black students be placed at Brewer through M to M recruitment resulting in an attendance 117 Black students and 251 white. Black attendance will then be 31.8%.

Cleveland

Cleveland is prescntly 11.9% Black with 75 Black and 552 white students in attendance. It is proposed that 16 Black and 134 white students, represcnting grades 6 and 7, be transferred to Long Middle School. It is then proposed that 166 Black students in grades 1 through 5 be rezoned from Tull Waters zone to Cleveland resulting in 225 Black and 418 white students in attendance. Black attendance will then be 35%.

Garden Hills

Garden Hills, grades K through 5, is presently 2.3% Black, 8 Black, 57 "other" and 190 white in attendance. It is proposed that 42 "other" be transferred to Garden Hills from the closing of Rock. Springs, and through the M to M progran, above referred to 120 Black students be transferred to Garden Hills, resulting in a 39.3% Black student body.

Grant Park Elementary

Grant Park Elementary is presently 4.3% Black with 18 Black, 430 white and 3 "othcr" students. It is proposed that 3 Black, 126 white and 1 "other" comprising the 6th and 7th grades be transferred to King Middle School, and 115 Black students be rezoned into Grant Park Elementary from Jerome Jones and other surrounding Black elemcntary zones resulting in an enrollment of 130 Black, 304 white and 2 "other". This would result in Grant Park Elementary being 30.0% Black.

Guice

Guice is presently 11.4% Black with 39 Black, 259 white and 4 "other" students. It is proposed that 75 Black studlents be rezoned from Thomasville which would result in a Black enrollment at Guice of 30.2%.

Highland Elementary

Highland Elementary will be closed. The Highland zone will be annexed to the Forrest zone, and all current Highland students in grades kindergarten through six will be transferred to Forrest. In addition, the current fifth grade at Forrest will remain for the sixth grade rather than being promoted to Walden Mid0le School. Forrest Elementary School will then have grades kindergarten through seven. This will result in Forrest having 266 Black, 213 white, and 1 "other" students. Black attendance will then be 55.4%.

Home Park

Home Park is presently 4% Black with 12 Black and 254 white students. It is proposed that Luckie Street School be closcd and its students would be zoned into Fowler, Home Park and Spring. This results in a 108 Black and 254 white student enrollment at Home Park. Black attendance will then be 30%.

R. L. Hope

R. L. Hope will be closed and its students assigned to Birney and Smith.

E. P. Howell

E. P. Howell is presently 3.9% B lack with 10 Black and 248 white students. It is proposed that 2 Black and 62 white students representing grades 6 and 7 be transferred to O'Keefe Middle School. It is further proposed that Goldsmith be closed; that Goldsmith 6th and 7th grades be transferred to O'Keefe Middle School and that 90 Black and 56 white Goldsmith students representing K through 5 be transferrcd to E. P. Howell. It is then proposed that 25 Black M to M students be brought into E.P.Howell. This will result in 125 Black and 291 white students at E.P. Howell. Black attendance will then be 30%.

Hutchinson

Hutchinson is presently 6.5% Black with 23 Black and 333 white students. It is proposed that 100 Black students be rezoned into Hutchinson by taking that portion of the Blair Village area containing both sides of Simon Street, both sides of Gilbert Road between Simon Street and Flynn Road, all of the southside of Flynn Road and a sufficient number of apartments on Flynn Road to achieve the desired result. This would result in 123 Black and 333 white students at Hutchinson and a 27% Black attendance at Hutchinson.

S. M. Inman

Inman is presently 1.5% Black, with 8 Black and 453 white students. It is proposed that the sixth and seventh grades be transferred to O'Keefe Middle School and that 100 Black students, grades K through 5 from C. W. Hill and 40 Black students, grades K through 5, from Forrest be rezoned to Inman. This would result in 146 Black, 335 white and 54 "other" students at Inman. Inman would then have a 30.4% Black enrollment.

Jackson

Jackson is presently 16.8% Black, with 59 Black and 292 white students. It is proposed that the sixth grade comprised 66 white and 10 Black students be transferred to Sutton Middle School, and that 60 Black students be enrolled by M to M recruitment so as to increase the Black enrollment to 33%.

Lakewood

Lakewood is presently 10% Black with 37 Black and 333 white students. It is proposed to rezone to Lakewood that portion of the Thomasville area containing the condominiums on New Town Road,S.E. and New Town Circle, S.E. so as to increase the Black enrollment by 133 studcnts. This would result in a Black enrollment at Lakewood of 33.7%.

Morningside

Morningside is presently 1.2% Black with 5 Black and 401 white studcnts. It is proposed that 76 white and 106 Black students in the fourth and fifth grades of C.W. Hill be paired with Morningside so as to achieve a 33% Black enrollment at Morningside.

Perkerson

Perkerson is presently 1.4% Black with 3 Black and 207 white students. It is proposed that the portion of the Gilbert zone bounded by Pryor Circle and that part of Pryor Road (east side) between its intersection with Pryor Circle be rezoned to Perkerson so as to add 122 Black and 5 white students resulting in a Black enrollment of 37.1%.

Sarah Smith

Saran Smith is presently 21.5% Black with 53 Blacks and 194 white students. It is proposed that the sixth grade be transferred to Sutton Middle School and that upon the closing of R. L. Hope and McClatchey, 85 white and 10 Black students in grades K through 5 at R. L. Hopc and 148 white and 34 Black students in grades K through 5 at McClatchey be assigned to Smith. In addition 75 Black students are to be transferred by M to M recruitment to Smith resulting in a 30% Black student enrollment.

Spring

Spring is presently 7.7% Black with 22 Black, 252 white and 12 "other" students. It is proposed that 4 Black and 64 white sixth and seventh grade Spring Street students be assigned to O'Keefe Middle School, and upon the closing of Luckie, 76 Black studcnts in grades K through 5 be transferred to Spring resulting in a 33% Black enrollment.

Sylvan Hills

Sylvan Hlls is presently 14% Black with 60 Black, 365 white and 3 "other" students. It is proposed that 60 Black students be transferred to Sylvan Hills by M to M recruitment so as to increase the Black enrollment to 24.7%.

Sutton Middle School

The Sutton Middle School is created by the closing of Dykes. Upon the closing of Dykes the building will be used as Sutton Middle School, the eighth grade will remain, and grades nine through twelve will be assigned to Northside and North Fulton. In addition, it is proposed that 125 Black students be recruited by M to M transfer and 23 white and 7 Black students from the sixth grade at Birney, 57 white and 41 Black students frcm the sixth and seventh grades at Brandon, 53 white and 3 Black students from R.L. Hope, 66 white and 10 Black students from the sixth grade at Jackson, 28 white and 8 Black students from thc sixth grade and seventh grades at Rivers, 43 white and 10 Black students from the sixth grade at Smith, and 284 white and 62 Black from old Sutton be assigned to Sutton Middle School. The resulting enrollnent would be 662 white and 319 Black students and would be 32.5% Black.

North Fulton

North Fulton is presently 2.9% Black with 26 Black students, 815 white students and 62 "other" students. It is proposed that the ninth through grades remain at North Fulton, 248 Black students in thc ninth through twelth grades be transferred from O'Kecfe, and 50 white students in the ninth through twelfth grades be transferred from Dykes. This would result in an enrollment of 297 Black, 687 whites and 49 "other" students at North Fulton. The student enrollment would be 30.2% Black.

O'Keefe

O'Keefe will be convertcd to a Middle School with its present students in the ninth through twelth grades distributed to surrounding areas. O'Kcefc will rctain its eighth grade composed of 78 Black and 177 white students; it will receive 129 Black students from English, 103 Black students from Craddock., 28 Black and 20 white students from Luckie, 29 Black and 25 white students from Fowler, 2 Black and 72 white students from Home Park, 31 Black and 18 white students from Goldsmith, 4 Black and 64 white studcnts from Spring, 2 Black, 118 white and 16 "other" students from Inman, 2 Black and 117 white students from Morningside, 2 Black and 62 white students from E. P.Howell and 4 Black, 69 white and 11 "other" students from Rock Springs. This will result in an enrollment at O'Keefe of 414 Black, 742 white and 27 "other" students. O'Keefe will then have a 35.3% Black enrollment.

TRANSPORTATION

Cost estimates for transportation under the above plan contemplate the transportation of 2,761 students utilizing 31 buses at a cost of $9,000 each. This amounts to $279,000.00

CONCLUSION

There is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" a graphic representation of the Administrative Plan hereabove set forth.

Other than as specifically stated hereinabove, every effort will be made to implement this plan immediately in that there will begin an immediate search for qualified persons to fill the administrative positions, recruitment for M to M transfers and reassignment of staff by attrition.

In the event of an alleged non-compliance, notice by the complaining party shall be given to the Bi-Racial Committee, who shall convene a meeting of the parties for a resolution of the issue.

The racial designations indications in the plan for desegregation of administration are made to remedy alleged past discriminatory practices with respect to the hiring of administrative personnel. These racial designations are for a one-time basis only and all future hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and recruiting shall be based on non-discriminatory individual qualifications without regard to race.

Accordingly, Plaintiffs and Defendants with the approval of the Court appointed Bi-Racial Committee submit the foregoing compromise plan to this Court for an appropriate Order adopting the same as the Desegregation Plan for the Atlanta Public School System.

source: Atlanta Public Schools Archives