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Metro Schools Lawsuit in Court
Plaintiffs challenging the rezoning of Nashville's public schools claim the plan is a pretext for resegregation.
On the witness stand Tuesday, Frances Spurlock said her daughter, who is African-American, was offered a choice of two failing schools. The sixth-grader had previously attended a majority white school with a much better academic record.
U.S. District Judge John Nixon is considering an injunction in the case.
A judge already ordered that the Spurlocks' daughter be allowed to return to her previous school temporarily after he learned her new school had not received textbooks three weeks into the school year.
Attorneys for the school system argue the rezoning is not racially motivated but seeks to increase parent involvement by putting kids in neighborhood schools.
Metro Schools Lawsuit in Court
Posted: Tuesday, November 3 2009, 12:43 AM CST
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