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Board attorney says DOJ has sought to close district's 1969 desegregation order; board defers action
Summary
John Mayo, the board attorney, told the Louisville Municipal School District board the Department of Justice contacted counsel about closing the district's 1969 desegregation order. Board members asked about compliance, costs and resegregation risks and then voted to postpone action for further study.
John Mayo, the board attorney, told the Louisville Municipal School District board that the U.S. Department of Justice has contacted outside counsel about closing the district's desegregation order, which was entered in July 1969. Mayo said the board would need to authorize attorney John Hooks to work with the DOJ on a joint motion to seek court approval to close the case.
The desegregation order, Mayo said, was intended to eliminate the district's prior dual segregated system and to integrate both students and faculty. "The deseg order has not been amended or changed since July 1969 and is still in place today almost 57 years since it was originally in," Mayo said. He told the board the DOJ has pushed…
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