The school system in Trigg County, Kentucky is one of the most throughly desegregated in the State because of a successful school pairing plan. Combining the attendance zones of Negro and white schools enabled the establishment of biracial schools with students divided by grade into different school buildings. A pairing plan, it was felt, would…

School integration was accomplished by three major procedures: (1) Faculties at all schools were integrated; (2) Two all-black high schools and two all-black middle schools were closed. Students were provided with free transportation to predominantly white schools; and (3) 27 elementary schools were combined into six clusters, each cluster…