Monday, February 08, 1999
Schools' desegregation compliance disputed
Cincinnati Board of Education members tonight will hear about a state report indicating that the district is in compliance with orders concerning a 25-year-old desegregation case.
But an attorney representing the Bronson vs. the Board of Education plaintiffs says she'll continue pressing the case. Low student performance indicates the district isn't committed to ensuring a high-quality, integrated education for all students, attorney Trudy Rah said.
District Counsel John Concannon will present the results of a state report investigating the dis trict's efforts to comply with directives set forth in a 1993 agreement.
“Hopefully, this will be the end of the Bronson case,” he said.
But Ms. Rah, who filed a response to the report last week, said she and co-counsel Bill Taylor of Washington, D.C., think the case should be about results, not efforts.
“This report absolutely took no notice that the schools are not doing very well,” Ms. Rah said. “The test results are not good. ... Our schoolchildren in Cincinnati are not getting the kind of education they should be getting.”
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