Opinion ID: 531041
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Faculty Experience

Text: 14 The district court found that the DCSS assigns experienced teachers and teachers with graduate degrees in a racially imbalanced manner. The district court presented this fact by grouping DCSS schools into three categories: (1) Type I schools (majority white students during last ten years); (2) Type II schools (changed from majority white students to majority black students during last ten years); and (3) Type III schools (majority black students during the last ten years). The following charts demonstrate the racial skew: 15 Average Number of Years Teaching ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS Fall1984 Fall1985 Fall1986 Type I (majority white) 9.55 10.22 9.79 Type II (white to black) 6.45 6.90 6.36 Type III (majority black) 5.24 5.46 5.19 HIGH SCHOOLS Type I 7.99 8.74 8.90 Type II 6.83 7.14 7.08 Type III 5.34 5.68 4.91 16 Percentage of Teachers with Graduate Degrees ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS HIGHSCHOOLS 17 Type I 75.76 76.05 Type II 61.84 64.34 Type III 52.63 64.32 b. Per Pupil Expenditures 18 Using 1984-1985 school year figures, the district court also found that the DCSS spends more money per white student than it spends per black student. The following chart demonstrates the racial imbalance: 19 Per Pupil Expenditures Type I $2,833 Type II $2,540 Type III $2,492 B. Racial Composition of DeKalb County 20 Between 1950 and 1986, DeKalb County grew from 77,000 to 450,000 residents. This growth proceeded in a racially-skewed fashion. Black residents moved primarily to south DeKalb County and white residents moved primarily to north DeKalb County. For example, between 1970 and 1980, north DeKalb County's non-white population increased 102-percent to 15,365. South DeKalb County's non-white population, however, increased 661-percent to 87,583. In addition, between 1975 and 1980, 37,000 white residents moved from south DeKalb County to neighboring counties. 3 21 DeKalb County's demographic changes affected the DCSS. Between 1976-1986, the DCSS elementary school population declined 15-percent. During the same time, however, black elementary student enrollment increased 86-percent. At the high school level, DCSS enrollment declined 16-percent while black enrollment increased 119-percent.