Opinion ID: 290389
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Results at the Secondary Level

Text: 7 The direct challenge here is not, however, to the elementary system, but is to the school board's modifications of the HEW plan-- or more appropriately plans A, B, and C-- at the secondary level. (See note 6, supra). The HEW plans were based on principles of pairing and zoning. All three plans resulted in breakdown of the grade structure-- 6-3-3-- under which the district had previously been operating. Plan B, for which plaintiffs-appellants expressed a preference, proposes geographic zoning with junior high schools continuing to serve one or more of grades 7 through 9. Under Plan B, of the eleven junior high schools, one would serve grades 7-9, six would serve grades 7-8, and four would serve grade 9 only. Plan B calls for the same type of organization at the high school level-- six high schools are to serve grades 10-12, two are to serve grades 11-12, and one grade 10 only. 8 The modifications proposed by the Board and adopted by the District Court were not really modifications at all. They were instead a completely different plan based on geographic zoning. The zoning was, however, based on the assumption of retaining the District's 6-3-3 grade structure. 9 After approximately six weeks operation under this plan there were 7537 white students and 8156 Negro students in the District's secondary schools. There were no all-Negro or all-white secondary schools. (See Appendix B). There are, however, at least four schools where the student body is overwhelmingly Negro. 10 In contrast, the projected enrollment under any of the HEW plans would not have produced any virtually all-Negro schools. See Appendices C-E.