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Board attorney outlines path to full unitary status; residents urge continued support for Grow Your Own teacher program
Summary
Board Attorney Tom Minor told the Legal Committee the district may file pleadings seeking full unitary status by June 1, 2026, and described partial unitary findings under the 2023 consent order; community members asked for program updates and urged the board to publicly support efforts to recruit Black teachers.
Attorney Tom Minor told the Fayette County Public Schools Legal Committee that the district’s nearly 60‑year desegregation litigation continues under a 2023 consent order but that the district has achieved partial unitary status in four of six Green factor areas — extracurricular activities, facilities, transportation and staff assignment. He said student assignment and faculty assignment remain under court supervision and that counsel will begin drafting pleadings seeking full unitary status, with an anticipated filing window around June 1, 2026. Minor said those pleadings could be filed jointly with plaintiffs, partially jointly, or filed by the district alone.
Minor reviewed the case history,…
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