Court filings regarding North Little Rock School District's (NLRSD's) petitions for declaration of unitary status and release from court supervision, transcripts for January 20-21 and 27, 2007, transmitted record on appeal to Court of Appeals, and Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) project management tool.

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<dcterms_description>Court filings: District Court, North Little Rock School District (NLRSD) petitions for declaration of unitary status and release from court supervision; District Court, brief in support of petition for declaration of North Little Rock School District's (NLRSD's) unitary status and release from court supervision; District Court, notice of electronic filing, transcripts for January 20-21, 2007; District Court, notice of electronic filing, transcript for January 27, 2007; District Court, notice of electronic filing, transmitted record on appeal to Court of Appeals; District Court, notice of filing, Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) project management tool This transcript was create using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and may contain some errors. I - Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4141 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 1 of 3 IN-THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF vs. NO. LR-C-82-866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. DEFENDANTS LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. INTERVENOR$ INTERVENOR$ PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF UNITARY STATUS AND RELEASE FROM COURT SUPERVISION Comes now Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District ("NLRSD") by and through its counsel, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P.A., and for its Petition for Unitary Status states as follows: 1. In 1984, NLRSD was found to have committed a list of segregative acts and has been under this Court's supervision with respect to its plan of desegregation for over two decades. 2. As this Court has observed, such supervision was intended as a temporary measure, which would cease when NLRSD has established that it has acted in "good faith" to implement its desegregation plan and has maintained "substantial compliance" with the principles of the plan. 3. The following exhibits, which are attached hereto, provide evidence that NLRSD has met the requisite standard of good faith and substantial compliance, as set Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4141 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 2 of 3 - out more fully in the Brief in Support of Petition for Unitary Status filed simultaneously herewith: Exhibit A March 16, 2006 NLRSD School Board Meeting Minutes indicating the unanimous authorization to seek judicial declaration of the district's unitary status. Exhibits B1- B11(g) October 19, 1988 Report to Special Master Regarding the Status of Implementation of North Little Rock School District's Desegregation Plan. exhibit C 1994 Self-Audit by NLRSD detailing the status of the individual provisions of its desegregation plan. Exhibit D June 9, 2004 Report by the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on the Status of the North Little Rock School District's Implementation of Its Desegregation Plan. Exhibit E July 24, 2002 Evidentiary Hearing Excerpted Transcript of Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Intervenor's expert witness. 1,-&gt;f&gt;/, 11 4. Accordingly, NLRSD should be declared a unitary school district and released from this Court's supervision. 5. NLRSD stipulates that the Joshua lntervenors shall have an extended time period of 90 days to file an initial respcmse to this Petition. 6. NLRSD requests that the Court note that it is critical that this matter proceed in a manner which will allow resolution before June 14, 2008, so that the district will be eligible for reimbursement of its costs and attorneys fees by the State of Arkansas pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416. 2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4141 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 3 of 3 - WHEREFORE, North Little Rock School District prays the Court to grant its Petition for Unitary Status; enter an order declaring it to unitary; dismiss it from this case and for all other relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P. A. 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Telephone 501-375-1122 Fax 501-375-1027 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones, Ark. Bar No. 78083 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Stephen W. Jones, attorney for Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District, certify I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the court using the ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the following: Mark A. Hagmemeier Assistant Attorney General 323 Center Street, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 John W. Walker John W. Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Hon. Andree Roaf ODM One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 3 Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 2000 Regions Center 400 W. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 M. Samuel Jones, Ill Wright, Lindsey, &amp; Jennings 200 W. Capitol, Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mark Burnette Attorney at Law 1010 W. 3rd Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4142 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT vs. NO. LR-C-82-866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF UNITARY STATUS AND RELEASE FROM COURT SUPERVISION Comes now Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District ("NLRSD") by and through its counsel, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P.A., and for its Petition for Unitary Status states as follows: 1. In 1984, NLRSD was found to have committed a list of segregative acts and has been under this Court's supervision with respect to its plan of desegregation for over two decades. 2. As this Court has observed, such supervision was intended as a temporary measure, which would cease when NLRSD has established that it has acted in "good faith" to implement its desegregation plan and has maintained "substantial compliance" with the principles of the plan. 3. The following exhibits, which are attached hereto, provide evidence that NLRSD has met the requisite standard of good faith and substantial compliance, as set Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4142 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 2 of 3 out more fully in the Brief in Support of Petition for Unitary Status filed simultaneously herewith: Exhibit A March 16, 2006 NLRSD School Board Meeting Minutes indicating the unanimous authorization to seek judicial declaration of the district's unitary status. Exhibits B1- B11(g) October 19, 1988 Report to Special Master Regarding the Status of Implementation of North little Rock School District's Desegregation Plan. ExhibitC 1994 Self-Audit by NLRSD detailing the status of the individual provisions of its desegregation plan. Exhibit D June 9, 2004 Report by the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on the Status of the North Little Rock School District's Implementation of Its Desegregation Plan. Exhibit E July 24, 2002 Evidentiary Hearing Excerpted Transcript of Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Intervenor's expert witness. 4. Accordingly, NLRSD should be declared a unitary school district and released from this Court's supervision. 5. NLRSD stipulates that the Joshua lntervenors shall have an extended time period of 90 days to file an initial response to this Petition. 6. NLRSD requests that the Court note that it is critical that this matter proceed in a manner which will allow resolution before June 14, 2008, so that the district will be eligible for reimbursement of its costs and attorneys fees by the State of Arkansas pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416. 2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4142 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 3 of 3 WHEREFORE, North Little Rock School District prays the Court to grant its Petition for Unitary Status; enter an order declaring it to unitary; dismiss it from this case and for all other relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P. A. 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Telephone 501-375-1122 Fax 501-375-1027 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones, Ark. Bar No. 78083 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Stephen W. Jones, attorney for Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District, certify I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the court using the ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the following: Mark A. Hagmemeier Assistant Attorney General 323 Center Street, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 John W. Walker John W. Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Hon. Andree Roaf ODM One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 3 Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 2000 Regions Center 400 W. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 M. Samuel Jones, Ill Wright, Lindsey, &amp; Jennings 200 W. Capitol, Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mark Burnette Attorney at Law 1010 W. 3rd Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones Page 1 of 4 From: ecf _ support@ared. uscourts. gov Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:37 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Motion for Declaratory Judgment This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the ftled documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Jones, Stephen on 9/21/2007 at 1:34 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: North Little Rock School District WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4141 Docket Text: MOTION for Declaratory Judgment by North Little Rock School District (Attachments:# (1) Exhibit# (2) Exhibit# (3) Exhibit# (4) Exhibit# (5) Exhibit# (6) Exhibit# (7) Exhibit# (8) Exhibit# (9) Exhibit # (10) Exhibit# (11) Exhibit# (12) Exhibit# (13) Exhibit# (14) Exhibit# (15) Exhibit# (16) Exhibit# (17) Exhibit# (18) Exhibit)(Jones, Stephen) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley , Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones , III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com 2/5/2008 Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Page 2 of 4 John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. 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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Jones, Stephen on 9/21/2007 at 2:00 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: North Little Rock School District WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4142 Docket Text: ADDENDUM filed by North Little Rock School District to [4141] Motion for Declaratory Judgment, (Attachments:# (1) Exhibit# (2) Exhibit# (3) Exhibit# (4) Exhibit# (5) Exhibit# (6) Exhibit# (7) Exhibit# (8) Exhibit# (9) Exhibit# (10) Exhibit# (11) Exhibit# (12) Exhibit# (13) Exhibit# (14) Exhibit# (15) Exhibit# (16) Exhibit # (17) Exhibit# (18) Exhibit# (19) Exhibit # (20) Exhibit # (21) Exhibit# (22) Exhibit# (23) Exhibit)(Jones, Stephen) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Mark Terry Burnette mbumette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley , Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net - M. Samuel Jones , III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com 2/5/2008 Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com - Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Page 2 of 5 John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. 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LR-C-82-866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, -etal. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF UNITARY STATUS AND RELEASE FROM COURT SUPERVISION Comes now Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District ("NLRSD") by and through its counsel, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P.A., and for its -Petition for Unitary Status states as follows: 1. In 1984, NLRSD was found to have committed a list of segregative acts and has been under this Court's supervision with respect to its plan of desegregation for over two decades. 2. As this Court has observed, such supervision was intended as a temporary measure, which would cease when NLRSD has established that it has acted in "good faith" to implement its desegregation plan and has maintained "substantial compliance" with the principles of the plan. 3. The following exhibits, which are attached hereto, provide evidence that NLRSD has met the requisite standard of good faith and substantial compliance, as set Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4143 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 2 of 3 - out more fully in the Brief in Support of Petition for Unitary Status filed simultaneously herewith: Exhibit A March 16, 2006 NLRSD School Board Meeting Minutes indicating the unanimous authorization to seek judicial declaration of the district's unitary status. Exhibits 81- B11(g) October 19, 1988 Report to Special Master Regarding the Status of Implementation of North Little Rock School District's Desegregation Plan. Exhibit C 1-994 Self-Audit by NLRSD detailing the status of the individual provisions of its desegregation plan. Exhibit D June 9, 2004 Report by the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on the Status of the North Little Rock School District's Implementation of Its Desegregation Plan. Exhibit E July 24, 2002 Evidentiary Hearing Excerpted Transcript of Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Intervenor's expert witness .. 4. Accordingly, NLRSD should be declared a unitary school district and released from this Court's supervision. 5. NLRSD stipulates that the Josbua lntervenors. shall. have an extende.d '. time period of 90 days to file an initial response to this Petition. 6. NLRSD requests that the Court note that it is critical that this matter proceed in a manner which will allow resolution before June 14, 2008, so that the district will be eligible for reimbursement of its costs and attorneys fees by the State of Arkansas pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416. 2 I I I I I I I I I I . . Case 4:82:..cv-00866-WRW Document 4143 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 3 of 3 - WHEREFORE, North Little Rock School District prays the Court to grant its Petition for Unitary Status; enter an order declaring it to unitary; dismiss it from this case and for all other relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P. A 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 T-elephene 501-375-1122 Fax 501-375-1027 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones, Ark. Bar No. 78083 CERTIFICATE. OF SERVICE I, Stephen W. Jones, .attomey for Separate Defendant North Little: Rock School. District, certify I electronicallyfile.d the foregoing:with the Clerk of the court using the. ECF system which.sent notification.of-such filing;to. the following:.. . Mark A Hagmemeier,;, Assistant Attorney General. 323' Center Street;. Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 7220'f-2610 John W. Walker John W. Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Hon. Andree Roaf ODM One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 3 Christopher He.II.er. Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 2000 Regi:ons-Center 400 W. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 M. Samuel Jones, Ill Wright, Lindsey, &amp; Jennings 200 W. Capitol, Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mark Burnette Attorney at Law 1010 w. 3rd Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones Page 1 of 5 polly From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Friday, September 21, 20071 :26 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Motion for Declaratory Judgment This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the filed documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Jones, Stephen on 9/21/2007 at 2:24 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: North Little Rock School District WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4143 Docket Text: MOTION for Declaratory Judgment by North Little Rock School District (Attachments:# (1) Exhibit# (2) Exhibit# (3) Exhibit# (4) Exhibit# (5) Exhibit# (6) Exhibit# (7) Exhibit# (8) Exhibit# (9) Exhibit # (10) Exhibit# (11) Exhibit# (12) Exhibit# (13) Exhibit# (14) Exhibit# (15) Exhibit# (16) Exhibit# (17) Exhibit# (18) Exhibit# (19) Exhibit# (20) Exhibit)(Jones, Stephen) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Mark Terry Burnette mbumette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn. Fendley , Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones , III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com 2/5/2008 Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle.williams@arkansasag.gov Page 2 of 5 John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com,jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. 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[STAMP dcecfStarnp_ID=1095794525 [Date=9/21/2007] [FileNumber=1001262-l 9] [8799d0fe271b53b3295672723fcadd3a361389b54d9563ce7bbdca88005442319e 8b4c37b0030975489057651818cfaf06ed6e7a33cad120e6196655c5b3203d]] Document description:Exhibit Original filename:n/a Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=1095794525 [Date=9/21/2007] [FileNumber=1001262-2 0] [9ffc 19326b3e42:ff98ce344b6086ed4e 1706d 16e5ef85a25035201 b5cf80fl 9d 1 e aee482a7b4889333118849a87 d73e3070dal 629b2ee007f2af9f 4e 1 a00fe2d]] 2/5/2008 Page 5 of 5 Page 1 of2 polly From: ecf _ support@ared. uscourts. gov Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:18 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Notice of Docket Correction This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the flled documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered on 9/21/2007 at 4:17 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: - WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: No document attached Docket Text: NOTICE OF DOCKET CORRECTION [4143] MOTION for Declaratory Judgment: Docket entry modified to correct docket text (incorrect event chosen; this is not a motion, but an Addendum to [4141]). Motion event terminated. (lmr) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones, III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com,jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley, Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin 2/5/2008 NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 2/5/2008 Page 2 of2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4144 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT vs. NO. LR-C-82-866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF UNITARY STATUS AND RELEASE FROM COURT SUPERVISION Comes now Separate Defendant North Little Rock School District ("NLRSD") by and through its counsel, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P.A., and for its Peti.tion for Unitary Status states as follows: 1. In 1984, NLRSD was found to have committed a list of segregative acts an!'.i has been under this Court's supervision with respect to its plan of desegregation for over two decades. 2. As this Court has observed, such supervision was intended as a temporary measure, which would cease when NLRSD has established that it has acted in "good faith" to implement its desegregation plan and has maintained "substantial compliance with the principles of the plan. 3. The following exhibits, which are attached hereto, provide evidence that NLRSD has met the requisite standard of good faith and substantial compliance, as set Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4144 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 2 of 3 out more fully in the Brief in Support of Petition for Unitary Status filed simultaneously herewith: Exhibit A March 16, 2006 NLRSD School Board Meeting Minutes indicating the unanimous authorization to seek judicial declaration of the district's unitary status. Exhibits B1- B11(g) October 19, 1988 Report to Special Master Regarding the Status of Implementation of North Little Rock School District's Desegregation Plan. Exhibit C 1994 Self-Audit by NL'RSO detailing the status of the individual provisions of its desegregation plan. Exhibit D June 9, 2004 Report by the Office of Desegregation Monitoring on the Status of the North Little Rock School District's Implementation of Its Desegregation Plan. Exhibit E July 24, 2002 Evidentiary Hearing Excerpted Transcript of Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Intervenor's expert witness .. 4. Accordingly, NLRSD should be .. declared a unitary school district and released from this Court's supervision. 5. NLRSD stipulates that the Joshua lntervenors shall have an extended .\ time period of 90 days to file an initial response to this Petition. 6. NLRSD requests that the Court note that it is critical that this matter proceed in a manner which will allow resolution before June 14, 2008, so that the district will be eligible for reimbursement of its costs and attorneys fees by the State of Arkansas pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416. 2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4144 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 3 of 3 WHEREFORE, North Little Rock School District prays the Court to grant its Petition for Unitary Status; enter an order declaring it to unitary; dismiss it from this case and for all other relief to which it may be entitled. Respectfully submitted, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P.A. 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Telephone 501-~75-1122 Fax 501-375-1027 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones, Ark. Bar No. 78083 CERTIFICATE OF.SERVICE I, Stephen W. JoF1es; attome;yfor-Separate: Defendant North Little~ Rock School: District,. certify! electr:ooicall~f filectthe:for::eg.oing,;with the Clerk ofthe .cour:tusing. the ECF system which. sentnotificatian:.aisuctt.fi1ing.Jo,the following:_ Mark A. Hagmemeier Assistant Attorney-General 323 Center Street; Suite:-200: Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 John W. Walker John W. Walker, P .A 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Hon. Andree Roaf ODM One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 3 Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge. &amp; Clark 2000 Regions-Center: 400 W. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 M. Samuel Jones, Ill Wright, Lindsey, &amp; Jennings 200 W. Capitol, Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mark Burnette Attorney at Law 1010 W. 3rd Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones polly From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 1 :53 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Addendum This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. Page 1 of 4 ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the ftled documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Jones, Stephen on 9/21/2007 at 2:52 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: North Little Rock School District WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4144 Docket Text: ADDENDUM filed by North Little Rock School District to [4141] Motion for Declaratory Judgment, [4142] Addendum, [4143] Motion for Declaratory Judgment, (Attachments:# (1) Exhibit# (2) Exhibit# (3) Exhibit# (4) Exhibit# (5) Exhibit# (6) Exhibit# (7) Exhibit# (8) Exhibit# (9) Exhibit# (10) Exhibit# (11) Exhibit# (12) Exhibit# (13) Exhibit# (14) Exhibit# (15) Exhibit# (16) Exhibit# (17) Exhibit# (18) Exhibit)(Jones, Stephen) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley , Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones , III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com 2/5/2008 Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com - Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle.williams@arkansasag.gov Page 2 of 4 John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 - James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. 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LR-C-82-866 WRW/JTR PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DEFENDANTS DISTRICT NO. 1, et al. LORENE JOSHUA, et al. KATHERINE KNIGHT, et al. PLAINTIFF INTERVENORS INTERVENORS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT'S UNITARY STATUS AND RELEASE FROM COURT SUPERVISION As this Court has recognized, "federal judicial supervision of school systems was intended as a 'temporary measure' [and the] ultimate objective [is] to return school districts to the control of local authorities. n Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, et al., 237 F.Supp. 2d 988, 1027 (E.D. Ark. 2002) quoting Freeman v. Pitts, 503 U.S. 467, 489 (1992). Accordingly, supervising courts "must... provide an orderly means for withdrawing from that control when it is shown that the school district has attained the requisite degree of compliance. n Id. In 2006, the North Little Rock School District ("NLRSDn or the "District") School Board voted unanimously to seek unitary status. A complete copy of the . 2006 school board minutes is attached to the Petition filed herewith as Exhibit A. 1 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 2 of 16 In 2007, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 395, which is now codified as Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416 (the "Act"). In the Act, the State of Arkansas promises to "compensate school districts that seek and obtain unitary status." These actions by the Board and the State alleviated NLRSD's political and financial concerns about seeking unitary status. Thus, NLRSD hereby simultaneously files its Petition for Unitary Status and this brief, which provides the support for its position that NLRSD should be declared unitary and released from federal court supervision. History of Plan The desegregation plan approved by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in its decision in Uttle Rock Schoo/ Dist. V. Pulaski County Special Schoo/ Dist. on December 12, 1990 ("NLR Plan") is actually to be found in several documents beginning with NLRSD's original plan submission in 1986. This submission was the "Plan for Implementing the Remedial . Order of the Court of .. Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as It Applies to [NLRSD]" which NLRSD filed on March 17, 1986 ("March Plan"). This initial submission addressed the interdistrict violations enumerated by the Court of Appeals in Uttle Rock Schoo/ Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special Schoo/ Dist. No. 1, 778 F.2d 404 (8th Cir. 1985). The district court, however, required NLRSD to provide a plan to address its intradistrict violations, as well. Therefore, NLRSD filed on October 14, 1986, its "Supplement to Plan for Implementing the Remedial Order of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as It Applies to the North Little Rock School District' ("October Supplement"). 2 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 3 of 16 In its Order of February 27, 1987, the district court approved the NLR Plan consisting of the March Plan and October Supplement. Subsequently, some modifications to the NLR Plan were made either by petition to and approval by the district court or by operation of the settlement among the parties. The first NLR Plan modification occurred as a result of NLRSD's motion of July 21, 1987 to add an addendum that addressed the impact of Acts 624 and 762 of 1987 regarding student assignment. This motion was approved by the district court by its Order of July 27, 1987. The next modification occurred as a result of NLRSD's "Petition to Modify NLRSD Student Assignment Plan and to Close Central Junior High School" filed on July 20, 1988, and was approved by the district court by its Order of September 1, 1988. This modification provided for the re.organization of NLRSD secondary schools. beginning. in the 1990-91 - school year: Additionally, Central.Junior. High Scho.ol was,closedand:-the;studeat assignment zones:.for the remaining three: junior high schools were redrawn to .. -- ensure comparable racial balance. These.modifications were implemented at the. beginning of the 1990-91 school year. Additional modifications occurred as a result of the settlement among the parties. First, the parties agreed to NLRSD's "Petition to Modify NLRSD's Desegregation Plan" submitted to the Special Master in February, 1989 and incorporated into the parties' "lnterdistrict Desegregation Plan," which was created in response to the finding that the North Little Rock and Pulaski County School districts had engaged i11 discriminatory actions that contributed to the disparity in the racial composition of the student bodies of the two districts and 3 --"'- , ___ -" --vv-- " .. , '".. "'-''-''"'u111c 111..,. ,..,.v , 11cu u;;J,~ 11uu, rayt::: "+ or 10 Little Rock School District. See Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special - School Dist. No. 1, 584 F.Supp. 328, 353 (E.D. Ark. 1984). Certain provisions of this Petition dealing with interim efforts to desegregate Lakewood Junior High School pending the secondary reorganization were satisfied and are no longer applicable since the secondary reorganization has been accomplished. The other provisions of the Petition have now been incorporated into the NLR Plan. Another modification of the NLR Plan occurred as a result of the "Stipulated Compensatory Education Programs to be Implemented by the NLRSD with Settlement Monies" filed on October 25, 1989 which satisfied paragraph VIII D. of the Pulaski County School Desegregation Case Settlement Agreement, March, 1989 (as revised September 28, 1989) requiring a description of the compensatory education programs to be. implemented. by NLRSD with. funds to be received from the Settlement Agreement This. Stipulation also gave effect to and superseded that portion of the. original NLR Plan which described additional compensatory edtication programs whicn could be implemented, only with addittonal State funds. On April 29, 1992, the elements of the NLR Plan were consolidated and published in a single document (the "1992 Plan Handbook") for distribution to NLRSD officials and for their ease of reference in implementing the provisions of the plan. On August 31, 1995, NLRSD reached an agreement regarding unitary . status in the area of student assignment and Elementary Gifted and Talented. 4- Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 5 of 16 The Court approved the release of NLRSD from court supervision on student assignments and Elementary Gifted and Talented on September 18, 1995. On April 10, 1998, the district court entered an order approving LRSD's Revised Plan, which stated that it "shall supersede and extinguish all prior agreements and orders" in this case "and all consolidated cases related to the desegregation" of LRSD." See Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special School Dist. No. 1, 237 F.Supp.2d 988, 993 (E.D. Ark. 2001). Thus, NLRSD is no longer required to comply with the lnterdistrict Plan, and the sole measure of NLRSD's unitary status is its compliance,with the NLR Plan. In compliance with an order of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Office: of DesegregattcmrManitoring;;("ODM~). was:create.d-. Se:e. Littlfl'.Ro.ck:.Scbo.ol: Dist .. K . PulaskLCa . ., Special.Schoof Dist .. Na. 1,, 92:t F.2cL t371, 1'3.8.&amp; (8!h CJr. _ - 1990). Tl:ieu:ol~.of the ODM wasto; monitortbe"c.omplianc.e;:of thecpartie.s,,with:the settlement.plan&amp;-.and:.the-, .settleme0t agreement : Se.a Id:. andddttle~'Roc~ Se.boo/', -. DisL 1,L PulaskLCa ... Spe.ciaLSchool.Dist Na .. i, .. 769. E.Supp __ .1483.; 1495. (E.D .. '- Ark. 1'991). Legal Standards The standard for determining whether a school district which is subject to judicially supervised desegregation plan is now well-established: the district must have acted in good faith to implement its plan and must have achieved substantial compliance with the requirements of that plan. 5 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 6 of 16 A. Good Faith In order to establish that NLRSD should be declared unitary, the District must demonstrate that it has "complied in good faith with its desegregation decree since it was entered." See Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special School Dist. No. 1, 237 F.Supp.2d 988, 1027 (E.D. Ark. 2002) citing Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell, 498 U.S. 237, 249-50 (1991). See also Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70, 88 (1995). The Supreme Court has established that "good faith" is demonstrated when, . . . the school district has demonstrated, to the public and to the parents and students of the once disfavored race, its good-faith commitment to the whole of the court's decree and to those provisions of the law and the Constitution that were the predicate for judicial intervention in the first instance. Freeman v. Pitts, 503 U.S. 467, 491-492 (1992). In this effort, the Court noted that the duratior-i of the school district's. compliance record must be considered: .... a court should give particular attention to the school system's '- record of compliance. A school system is better positioned to demonstrate its good-faith commitment to a constitutional course of action when its policies form a consistent pattern of lawful conduct directed to eliminating earlier violations. And, with the passage of time, the degree to which racial imbalances continue to represent vestiges of a constitutional violation may diminish, and the practicability and efficacy of various remedies can be evaluated with more precision." Id. B. Substantial Compliance In addition to proving "good faith," NLRSD must also establish that it is in "substantial compliance" with the NLR Plan. As this Court has stated, "[i]t is black letter law that a school district seeking an end to court supervision has the 6 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 7 of 16 - burden of proving substantial compliance with the judicially imposed remedy. See Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special School Dist. No. 1, 470 F. Supp. 2d 963, 984 (E.D. Ark. 2004). This Court has given the following guidance regarding the test for "substantial compliance": (l]n order to determine if a party is in 'substantial compliance' with a consent decree, the trial court must examine whether any of the alleged violations of the consent decree 'were serious enough to constitute substantial noncompliance' and 'to cast doubt on defendant' future compliance with the constitution.' . . . [A] Party can be in 'substantial compliance' with a consent decree even if it has committed violations that are 'inconsequential' in light of the party's overall performance. Little Rock School Dist. v. Pulaski Co. Special School Dist. No. 1, 237 F.Supp.2d 988; 1027 (E.D. .. Ark. 2002) citing..Cody V. Hillard; 139 F.3d 1197, 1199-1200 (8th Cir. -.1998). Also. in Little Rock Schoo/Dist., this Court.more succinctly set out.its: test for substantiat compliance when it stated. that it. would be,. "required. to examine whether any-of LRSD's: failur.es-to comply wittr the Revised Plan in the \ six challenged areas are 'serious enough': (1) to constitute 'substantiat. noncompliance'; and (2) 'to cast doubt' on [NLRSD's] future compliance with the Constitution." Id. at 1035-1036. Thus, "substantial compliance" is not legalistic compliance with each "jot and tiddle" of the North Little Rock Plan but, instead, is a measure of the NLRSD's history of working to comply with its plan as a predictor of whether it has experienced a change in its operations and attitudes such that the it will continue to comply with the Constitution after the being released from court supervision. 7 \ Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 8 of 16 Record of Compliance Declaration of NLRSD's unitary status is proper because the District has maintained substantial compliance with its plan in good faith throughout the two decades it has been under this Court's supervision. The discussion below details the evidence of NLRSD's good faith and compliance with its plan. The discussion also explains how NLRSD recognizes the latest research, methodologies, laws and technology while continuing to remain faithful to the goals and values of its desegregation plan. A. Evidence of Compliance As detailed in the October 19, 1988 Report to Special Master Regarding the Status. of Implementation of North Little Rock.School District's Desegregation. Plan ("1988. Status Report"), NLRSD acted, expeditiously,and,comprel:tensb.tely to .. implement its original: dese.gre.gati:an plan approved:,by the; Court in 1987': A complete copy of the 1988: Status Report- with7 appendi:~esr is. attached: to the: Petition. filed .. herewith as. Exhibits: 8(1) to B.(.t1)_ NLRSD. continued to, comply with the 1987 version . of the desegregation plan, which was significantly incorporated into the plan approved by the court in 1992. Soon thereafter, NLRSD initiated and completed a self-audit ("1994 SelfAudif). A complete copy of the 1994 Self-Audit detailing the status of the individual provisions of the 1992 plan is attached to the Petition filed herewith as Exhibit C. The 1994 Self-Audit analyzed the specific nature of the 188 plan provisions and detailed NLRSD's compliance with each. The 1994 Self-Audit also identified the following factors for each of the individual provisions: (1) the 8 \ Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 9 of 16 administrator or group responsible for execution; (2) the date of implementation; and (3) references to other audits and reports monitoring the particular compliance activity. Accordingly, the 1994 Self-Audit provides significant evidence of NLRSD's dedication to complying with its desegregation plan. After the Court approved NLRSD's unitary status for student assignment in 1995 and for elementary gifted and talented in 1996, NLRSD continued to monitor the status of the other provisions of its desegregation plan. NLRSD submitted periodic status reports detailing its findings to the Court and other parties pursuant to the lnterdistrict Plan until this plan was superseded by the modifications to the Little Rock School District's Desegregation Plan and the Pulaski County School District's Desegregation Plan in 1998. Thereafter, NLRSD continued to provide information. as requested by the ODM for its monitoring of the District. Moreover, from 1987 to date, no motion has been filed: by any party alleging violations of or seeking to enforce provisions of. NLRSD's plan or settlement agreements or otherwise alleging that NLRSD was not in compliance ,. with its desegregation plan. On June 9, 2004, the ODM published its report on the Status of the North Little Rock School District's Implementation of Its Desegregation Plan ("2004 ODM Status Report"). A complete copy of the 2004 ODM Status Report is attached to the Petition filed herewith as Exhibit D. In analyzing the nine "discrete divisions of the NLRSD desegregation plan, ODM relied on its direct observations of NLRSD employees, ODM's interviews with NLRSD employees,. reports from the Arkansas Department of Education and data submitted by 9 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 10 of 16 \ NLRSD. 2004 ODM Status Report at 1-2. Taken as a whole, the ODM's independent and objective report demonstrates that NLRSD has substantially complied with the desegregation plan in good faith. B. Evolution of the Plan The very heart of NLRSD's desegregation plan is its goal to remedy the effects of the segregative acts which this Court found the District to have committed. These segregative acts, originally identified by this Court in 1984, are enumerated in the Introduction of the 1992 Plan Handbook. To ensure that the desegregation goal was accomplished, the District's desegregation plan outlined specific programs, services and activities that NLRSD used or proposed to use at the time the plan was created. However, "[mJany of the educational approaches that were incorporated into the desegregation plan-have become outdated." 2004 ODM Status Report at 1. Accordingly, NLRSD has. modified the specific programs or "has implemented different procedures and . programs intended to more effectively achieve desegregation goals." Id. Such modifications are not a deviation from NLRSD's desegregation plan but, instead, reflect its commitment to the principles of its desegregation plan as educational standards and best practices evolve. Indeed, it is critical to remember that desegregation "plans are a floor, not a ceiling when analyzing whether NLRSD has met the standard of substantial compliance with the plan. Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special Schoof.District No. 1, et al. , 769 F. Supp 1491 , 1495 (E.D. Ark. 1991). NLRSD . never agreed to adhere to plan specifics into perpetuity. In fact, this Court Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 11 of 16 instructed the districts to maintain "sufficient flexibility to deal with changing conditions and meet unforeseen developments" with regard to their desegregation plans. Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1, et al., 769 F. Supp. 1483, 1490 (E.D. Ark. 1991). Moreover, the 2002 testimony of the Joshua Intervenor's expert witness, Dr. Terrence Roberts, further supports this position. Dr. Roberts was one of the "Little Rock Nine," who continued his education by obtaining a bachelor's degree is sociology, a master's degree in social work and a doctorate in psychology. Dr. Roberts specifically warned against what he termed "compliance mentality," instructing the districts to focus "not on the letter of the plan, but the spirit of the plan." See the Excerpted Transcript of July. 24, 2002 Evidentiary Hearing,. attached .. to. the: Petition filed: herewith as Exhibit Eat p ... 630. and p .. 649. NLRSD has done~exactly that.. After implementing:the:plan in: the:ear1y 1990s, specific. NLRSD programs: have: evolved. or hav.e bee' replace.a b.y more effective- or:- perfected. programs, which continue to combat segre.gative. effects .. while. als.o.. recognizing the mandates of state and federal laws, the enlightenment of research and numerous advances in technology and instructional methodology. This evolution is characteristic of the foresight of NLRSD. The District takes great pride in preserving an understanding of the latest research redefining best practices, implementing cutting edge programs that ultimately become the requisite practice or the norm, improving programs that have become archaic and replacing programs that have become obsolete. 11 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 12 of 16 The following examples illustrate the necessity of educational program evolution and NLRSD's continuing good faith commitment to its desegregation goals as outlined in its plan. The NLR Plan provides for a Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youth ("HIPPY") to "be established in lower socio-economic attendance zones." NLR Plan page 34. As a Compensatory Education program, HIPPY was designed to prepare lower socio-economic pre-school children for success when they entered kindergarten. The year after HIPPY was originally implemented; it served fifty (50) fouryear- old students, utilizing home instructors to educate parents by providing reading. material to use wjth their children ... The. HIPPY program eveataally- evolved. with. the District.taking. a more- active. role .in the .. pre,..schoaUearning. by, offering classroom-basect-early childhood':edu.catio:tt and:ihcr:easing, the capacity, of the program .. In more recent years, the program replaced the .home instructors,. with. a "parent liaison" trained in Minnesota Early Learning Design. The parent liaison "teaches parents the child development principles that pertain most directly to school readiness [by] maintain[ing] parent contact [and] conduct[ing] workshops[.]" 2004 ODM Report p. 23. NLRSD's current Early Childhood Program, the perfected progeny of HIPPY, serves approximately five hundred (500) three-year-old, four-year-old and five-year-old children, whose eligibility for admission is based on certain factors including poverty, low birth weight, abuse or neglect, and English as a second language. Id. The program also offers an 12 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 13 of 16 infant and toddler section the children of older NLRSD students, preparing these children for education, while preventing their parents from dropping out of school. Additionally, NLRSD's Early Childhood Program supplements the curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services' Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education by emphasizing readiness for kindergarten but allowing teachers to begin reading instruction if they deem a child ready. Id. Early childhood programs like NLRSD's are widely found to be beneficial, though they have not been implemented on a wide spread basis. Other significant examples of NLRSD's continuing commitment to the principles of its plan are the District's Compensatory Programs Aimed at Dropout Prevention, which include. the Alternative School program and. Student Assignment Classes program. NLR Plan page, 37-38 .. NLRSD's original Alternative S,c hool served students identifieda s at risk of dropping out o.f school and was located: at the: Boys and Girls Club. However, the Distri-ct "decided to develop its. own alternative. programs using. District resources~ when budg.et issues and a series of personnel changes at the Boys and Girls Club "resulted in a weak and ineffective alternative program." 2004 ODM Report at page 47. Currently, NLRSD has five sites that serve as alternative schools based on the age of the students. Additionally, the SAC program, included in the provisions of the 1992 plan, prevents students from dropping out of school by providing an inschool suspension program, removing the students from the classroom but keeping them in a supervised educational environment "These classes have 13 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 14 of 16 '\ been a consistent force in providing students an opportunity to continue their education while they are ... in the discipline system." Id. NLRSD now "goes beyond the [original programs set out] in its desegregation plan by offering a dropout retrieval program at Shorter College and providing a highly focused program for credit deficient students in the Graduate Academy." Id. at 50. In its 2004 report, the ODM "commend[ed] the NLRSD for the many programs it has in place to serve as alternatives to putting students out of school [and b]ecuase the NLRSD allows students and parents to choose among alternative education placements and home suspensions, a student's educational future is determined by the home in conjunction with the schooldistrict" Id .. Conclusion The purpose, of. court supervisien was-, to create a:. unitary schael: s.ystemc. from what was once a "dual school system, establis~ing and maintaiming ..: a. system in which the interests. of. both black. and white students were equal. by involving black representatives into policy making and administration. Today, three of the District's seven Board members are African-American, there are black administrators at every level and each school maintains a bi-racial committee. As a district which "has been largely characterized by an absence of rancor and dissension, NLRSD has consistently avoided "potentially volatile decisions" and made smooth transitions in its programs. 2004 ODM Report at page 45. 14 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 15 of 16 "The NLRSD superintendent has been an admirable force for collaboration and accord as he has involved both the internal [faculty, parents, students] and external community in many weighty district matters. .. demonstrating wise sensitivity to the adage that people will support what they help create ... By avoiding surprises, meaningfully involving in changes those who are most affected by those changes, maintaining a congenial and professional demeanor, and consisting treating others with respect, the district's CEO has fostered the growth of cohesiveness in tt,e NLRSD and promoted significant level of harmony between the district and the community." Id. NLRSD's School Board reflects the racial make up of the community. As a cooperative group, the Board weighs the interests of each student and parent equally irrespective of their race; so that it is no longer necessary for the Court to be an artificial voice for the black students. Thus, NLRSD has been an exemplary model of a district that has substantially complied in good faith: with the goals of its desegregation plan and, as a result, has become unitary. As Special Master Aubrey Mccutcheon observed, "desegregation is- a state- of- mind:." NlRSD has certainly achieved this ultimate goal. The Court should note that NLRSD has stipulated that the Joshua lntervenors may have an extended time period of 90 days to file an initial response to this Petition given the significance of this matter. The parties agree that this would not affect the schedule for discovery or any hearing dates. Additionally, the Court should be aware Ark. Code Ann. 6-20-416 provides that the District would be eligible for reimbursement of the legal fees associated with seeking unitary status if the Court makes such a declaration by June 14, 2008. Therefore, it is critical that this matter proceed in a manner that will allow resolution before this date. 15 Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Document 4145 Filed 09/21/2007 Page 16 of 16 '\ For the reasons set out above, NLRSD should be declared unitary and released from federal court supervision. Respectfully submitted, Jack Nelson Jones Fink Jiles &amp; Gregory, P. A. 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Telephone 501-375-1122 Fax 501-375-1027 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones, Ark. Bar No. 78083 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Stephen W. Jones, attorney for-Separate Defendant North Little-Rock School District; certify I electronically. filed:-the foregoing with the Clerk of the court using the ECF system which s.ent notification of such filing to the following: Mark A. Hagmemeier Assistant Attorney General 323 Center Street, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 John W. Walker John W. Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Hon. Andree Roaf ODM One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 16 Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 2000 Regions Center 400 W. Capitol Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 M. Samuel Jones, Ill Wright, Lindsey, &amp; Jennings 200 W. Capitol, Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mark Burnette Attorney at Law 1010 W. 3rd Little Rock, AR 72201 Isl Stephen W. Jones Stephen W. Jones Page 1 of2 polly- From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Friday, September 21 , 20071 :55 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Brief in Support This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. 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Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 9/21/2007 Page 2 of2 Page 1 of2 polly From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Friday, September 21, 20071 :55 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Brief in Support This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the filed documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered by Jones, Stephen on 9/21/2007 at 2:55 PM CDT and filed on 9/21/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. 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Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 2/5/2008 Page 2 of2 Page 1 of2 polly From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:01 AM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Appeal Transcript This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the filed documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered on 9/27/2007 at 10:01 AM CDT and filed on 9/27/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4147(No document attached) Docket Text: TRANSCRIPT filed for date of 1/27 /07 Compliance Hearing before Judge William R Wilson, Jr, re [4115) Notice of Appeal, Court Reporter: Christa R Newburg. (dac) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones, III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley, Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 2/5/2008 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 2/5/2008 Page 2 of2 Page 1 of2 polly From: ecf_support@ared.uscourts.gov Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:07 AM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Appeal Record Sent to USCA This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the filed documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered on 9/27/2007 at 10:07 AM CDT and filed on 9/27/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4148 Docket Text: Transmitted Record on Appeal to US Court of Appeals: 3 volumes transcript of 1/20-21/07 &amp; 1/27 /07 Compliance Hearing re [ 4115] Notice of Appeal, ( dac) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, tmiller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones, III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley, Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 2/5/2008 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 The following document(s) are associated with this transaction: Document description:Main Document Original filename:n/a Electronic document Stamp: [ST AMP dcecfStamp _ ID= 1095794525 [Date=9/27 /2007] [FileNumber= 1004 704-0 ] [97eab3e6780fb09ea7784309543659d76e08dec9db6dce657f7d7822323351423d4 a79fe0418ad40882c95eb21f56dl b293280c15851a77699e4468d4118bf19]] 2/5/2008 Page 2 of2 ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF Dr. T. Kenneth James, Commissioner .Educatilfn 4 State Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201-1071 (501) 682-4475 http://ArkansasEd.org September 28, 2007 Mr. Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mr. John W. Walker John Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Mark Burnette Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Ivers &amp; Sneddon P. 0 . Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 Office of Desegregation Monitoring One Union National Plaza RECEIVED 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 OCT 1 - 2007 Mr. Stephen W. Jones Jack, Lyon &amp; Jones 425 West Capitol, Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. M. Samuel Jones III OFFICEOF DESEGREGATION MONITORING Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201 RE: Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, et al. U.S. District Court No. 4:82-CV-866 WRW Dear Gentlemen: Per an agreement with the Attorney General's Office, I am filing the Arkansas Department of Education's Project Management Tool for the month of September 2007 in the above-referenced case. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. Siner~,::::-' cDs~ General Counsel Arkansas Department of Education SS:law cc: Scott Richardson, Attorney General's Office STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: Chair: Diane Tatum, Pine Bluff Vice Chair: Randy Lawson, Bentonville Members: Sherry Burrow, Jonesboro Jim Cooper, Melbourne Dr. Calvin King, Marianna Dr. Tim Knight, Arkadelphia Dr. Ben Mays, Clinton MaryJane Rebick, Little Rod&lt; Dr. Naccaman Williams, Springdale An Equal Opportunity Employer UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DNISION LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAINTIFF V. No. LR-C-82-866 WRW PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF FILING In accordance with the Court's Order of December 10, 1993, the Arkansas Department of Education hereby gives notice of the filing of the ADE's Project Management Tool for September 2007. Arkansas Department of Education #4 Capitol Mall, Room 404-A Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-4227 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Scott Smith, certify that on September 28, 2007, I caused the foregoing document to be served by depositing a copy in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each of the following: Mr. Christopher Heller Friday, Eldredge &amp; Clark 400 West Capitol, Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3493 Mr. John W. Walker John Walker, P.A. 1723 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72206 Mr. Mark Burnette Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes Wagoner, Ivers &amp; Sneddon P. 0. Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 Office of Desegregation Monitoring One Union National Plaza 124 West Capitol, Suite 1895 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr. Stephen W. Jones Jack, Lyon &amp; Jones 425 West Capitol, Suite 3400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Mr.M. San1uelJones,ill Mitchell, Willian1s, Selig, Gates &amp; Woodyard 425 West Capitol, Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201 cikttfh co m IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION RECEIVED LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL V. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL MRS. LORENE JOSHUA, ET AL KATHERINE W. KNIGHT, ET AL NO. LR-C-82-866 WRW OCT 1 - 2007 OFACEOF PLAINTIFFS DESEGREGATION MONITORING DEFENDANTS INTERVENORS INTERVENORS ADE'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL In compliance with the Court's Order of December 10, 1993, the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) submits the following Project Management Tool to the parties and the Court. This document describes the progress the ADE has made since March 15, 1994, in complying with provisions of the Implementation Plan and itemizes the ADE's progress against timelines presented in the Plan. - IMPLEMENTATION PHASE ACTIVITY I. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS A. Use the previous year's three quarter average daily membership to calculate MFPA (State Equalization) for the current school year. 1. Projected Ending Date Last day of each month, August - June. 2. Actual as of September 30, 2007 B. Include all Magnet students in the resident District's average daily membership for calculation. 1 . Projected Ending Date Last day of each month, August - June. Page 1 of2 polly From: ecf_ su pport@ared. uscourts. gov Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3: 18 PM To: ared_ecf@ared.uscourts.gov Subject: Activity in Case 4:82-cv-00866-WRW Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Notice (Other) This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this e-mail because the mail box is unattended. ***NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS*** You may view the filed documents once without charge. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was entered on 9/28/2007 at 4:17 PM CDT and filed on 9/28/2007 Case Name: Little Rock School, et al v. Pulaski Cty School, et al Case Number: 4:82-cv-866 Filer: Arkansas Department of Education WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 01/26/1998 Document Number: 4149 Docket Text: NOTICE of filing the ADE's Project Management Tool for September 2007 by Arkansas Department of Education ( dac) 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been electronically mailed to: Clayton R. Blackstock cblackstock@mbbwi.com Philip E. Kaplan pkaplan@williamsanderson.com, nmoler@williamsanderson.com Christopher J. Heller heller@fec.net, brendak@fec.net, trniller@fec.net M. Samuel Jones, III sjones@mwsgw.com, aoverton@mwsgw.com Stephen W. Jones sjones@jlj.com, linda.calloway@jlj.com John W. Walker johnwalkeratty@aol.com, jspringer@gabrielmail.com, lorap72297@aol.com Mark Terry Burnette mburnette@mbbwi.com John Clayburn Fendley, Jr clayfendley@comcast.net, yeldnef@yahoo.com Scott P. Richardson scott.richardson@arkansasag.gov, agcivil@arkansasag.gov, danielle. williams@arkansasag.gov Office of Desegregation Monitor andreeroaf@odmemail.com, aroaf@seark.net, paramer@odmemail.com 4:82-cv-866 Notice has been delivered by other means to: Norman J. Chachkin NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund, Inc. - New York 2/5/2008 99 Hudson Street Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Timothy Gerard Gauger Arkansas Attorney General's Office Catlett-Prien Tower Building 323 Center Street Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2610 James M. Llewellyn , Jr Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 William P. Thompson Thompson &amp; Llewellyn, P.A. Post Office Box 818 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0818 The following document(s) are associated with this transaction: Document description:Main Document Original filename:n/a Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=1095794525 [Date=9/28/2007] [FileNumber=1006413-0 ] [b5cc 13fb999668db3c36be094 79de878fl e3b5f 459c26302c403f897 a88cbe0edf5 327e62134 752a29520865fc5bbad02007ftb3b95435dc 186490941 ca8eaa]] 2/5/2008 Page 2 of2 This project was supported in part by a Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives project grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Council on Library and Information Resources.</dcterms_description>

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