ERIC Number: ED145069
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Sep
Pages: 24
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School Desegregation in Tempe, Arizona: A Staff Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
This is a report on school desegregation in Tempe, Arizona. The desegregation plan focused on the Guadalupe community, specifically, the Veda B. Frank Elementary School. In 1972-73 this school had a minority student enrollment of 92%, of which 90% were Mexican Americans. The reassignment of students required by the plan affected Mexican American and Yaqui children. Approximately 68% of the children who had been attending Frank school were bused to other schools, and approximately 40% of the white students originally enrolled at other schools were bused to Frank. This reassignment of students at the beginning of the 1974-75 school year reduced the minority students population at Frank from 92% to 36%. The greatest travel distance involved for any student in the transportation plan was three and one half miles. Another result of the desegregation plan was the reassignment of approximately 22% of the Frank faculty to one of the other target schools. The Tempe school district desegregation plan was implemented within a very short time. The superintendent's leadership was an important element in the smooth implementation of the plan. District personnel involved in implementing the plan perceived it to be workable and simple. Several interviewees, however, stated that very few staff members had been involved with the superintendent in the development of the plan. Despite initial apprehensions regarding student disciplinary problems, teachers were generally cooperative and supportive of the plan. (Author/AM)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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