DOCUMENT RESUME ED 048 394 UD 011 306 TITLE Desegregation -- September 1970. INSTITUTION Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Fla. REFOhl NO FR -No. 51970-71 PUB DATE Dec 70 NOTE 80p. AVAILABLE FRU', Administrative Research Dept. Room 201, Lindsey Hopkins Building, Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Fla. (Free of charge) EDRS PRICE EDPS Price MF-$0.65 F.C-$3.24 DESCRIPTORS Administrative Personnel, Adult Education Programs, Elementary Schools, Ethnic Groups, *Faculty Integration, High Schools. *Inteoration Studies, Junior High Schools, Racial Composition, *Racial Distribution, *School Integration, Special Schools, Student Enrollment IDENTIFIERS *Dade County Public Schools, Florida ABSTRACT This sixth annual stud) of the status of desegregation in Dade County Puh]ic Schools focuses on data gathered as of September 1970. The report comprises the following tables: distribution of racial and ethnic groups, pupils and school employees, elementary school centers, junior high school centers, senior high school centers, and special school centers; summary, distribution of racial and ethnic groups, pupils and school employees, K-12 program; racial distribution of employees--Central Administration at Lindsey Hopkins Building, district offices, and countywide services at other locations; racial distribution of students dad employees, adult education prograw-; percent of black tupils by schools and by districts, 1970 vs. 19L?; distribution of schools by percent of black pupils in1 °68, 1969, and 1970 ranked by percent in 19(19; number and percent of black and white teachers in each scaool, 1970 vs. 1969, ranked by percent black in 1969; and racial composition cf pupil population, black and nonblack, by district and countywide, 19C5-70. (Jh) Support of ..the Tiede COuntjo-PublicSchools .Through the HiLiimou. Pour.datiOn e', 2 Sick Lce'vefot' Instrnctional.l'ersonnei, 1969-70 . Teachers inthe 'Dade CountyPublic Schools, 197071' '.; Pia 4 Terminations of Loft tuv,t1.Oni.1 Peesovrel. -1969-70 ,-Deseigiegacion -Spioarliber, 1970 F repprts Ai/ be .eib taintd frost, t4eAdminlutrativeA ri OPlans: lit,LitldinS ' (4'.04t 16f fieiKarch ottp: pugaished 1.96?71/0. `Ox.titt.44.60 ttio inside of i4e .tratiovet,) RESEARCH REPORT, NUMBER 5, 1970-71 - DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Or. E. L. Whigham, Superintendent of Schools DESEGREGATION - SEPTEMBER 1970 U S OEAPITMENIE Of HEALTH. tOUCAT/ON WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUC ITION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN F;PRODIrCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROMIF E PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT MATS OF VIEW OR El4NONS STATED DO NIT SKIS SARIS, RI riESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF IOU CATION POSITIO F OR POLICY DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REE:ARCH 1410 Northeast Second Avenue Miami, Florida 33132 December 1970 CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 History of Desegregation in Dade County 1 Status of Desegregation, September 1970 3 Tables Table 1. Distribution of Racial and Ethnic Groups, Pupils and School Employees, Elementary School Centers 6 Table 2. Distribution of Racial and Ethnic Groups, Pupils and School Employees, Junior High School Centers 30 Table 3. Distribution of Racial and Ethnic Groups, Pupils and School Employees, Senior High School Centers 38 Table 4. Distribution of Racial and Ethnic Groups, Pupils and Schuil Employees, Special School C,2nters 42 Table 5. Summary, Distribution of Racial and Ethnic Groups, Pupils and School Employees, K-12 Program 46 Table 6. Racial Distribution of Employees - Central Administration at Lindsey Hopkins Building, District Offices, and Countywide Services at Other Locations 48 Table 1. Racial Distribution of Students rnd Employees, Adult Education Programs 50 Table 8. Percent of Black Pupils by Schools by Districts, 1970 vs 1969 52 sable 9. Distribution of Schools by Percent of Black Pupils in 1968, 1969, and 1970 Ranked by Percent in 1969 62 Table 10. Number and Percent of Black and White Teachers in Each School, 1970 vs 1969, Ranked by Percent Black in 1969 . 69 Table 11. Racial Composition of Pupil Population, Black and Non- black, by District and Countywide, 1965-70 76 3 DESEGREGATION IN DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEPTEMBER 28, 1970 Introduction This sixth annual study of the status of desegregation in the Dade County Public Schools shows the effect of the speed-up in the Spring and Fall of 1970 in desegregation required of the Dade County school system by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare and by Federal Court order to com- plete plans for "total" desegregation. This report, prepared by the Department of Administrative Research, con- tains data tc assist school officials in assessing the effectiveness of the de- segregation plan and in making adjustments, if necessary, to achieve the balance desired. The report includes the elementary and secondary schools, adult edu- cation and all supporting administrative and service departments. It includes tables containing both basic data and various comparisons of pupils and certain employee groups. The classification of pupils into the several minority groups used in this report are as required by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in their reports. History of Desegregation in Dade County In September 1959, Dade County became the first in Florida to desegregate its schools. (The word "desegregate" as used in this narrative refers to any mix of black and non-black pl:pils regardless of numbers.) Two schools, Orchard Villa and Air Base Elementary, operod with a total enrollment of 777 including 75 black pupils. From this token beginning, the Dade County Public Schools have experienced considerable change. This year there are 133 eiemertary, 36 junior high, and 16 senior high school centers having both white and black 4 pupils; the total membership in these 185 schools on September 28, 1970 was 203,339 including 53,383 black pupils. fhis includes 83.7% of the 221 ele- mentary, junior high and senior high schools, 89.5% of the black pupils P' 34.0% of the white (all non-black) pupils in the regular program. Rapid changes in community housing patterns quickly converted Orchard Villa to an all-black school but by September 1961, without Orchard Villa, there were eight desegregated schools. At the end of the 1962-63 school year, desegregation began to accelerate and in the fall of 1963 some 42 schools had both white and black pupils. In the first survey on desegregation made by the Administrative Research Department in October 1965, it was found that 92 of the 208 public schools had been desegregated. In these 92 schools were 15,306 or 33% of the black pupils and 82,727 or 53% of the white pupils. By 1967 the number of desegregated schools had increased to 123 of 213 schools including, 30,466 or 56.8% of the black pupils. In the summer of 1969, after a survey of the school system by a team from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, orders to speed up the deseg- regation process were received. A plan to carry out these orders, including some immediate action, was challenged in court by a group of citizens. When the local court ruled against the School Board the case was appealed to the U. S. District Court which ordered that the plan be put into effect; the Fed- eral court also issued speed-up orders which were more stringent than those from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare including complete deseg- regation of the full-time instructional staff in all schools by mid-year. Con- sequently, in February 1970 about 2,000 teachers were reassig.ed to effect a balance in each school to match the black-white teacher ratio in each school's respective grade level. A plan for "total" desegregation of pupils was put into effect in September 1970. 3 Status of Desegregation, September 1970 Although the reports on desegregation in the Dade County Public Schools have included pupils and employees in all programs and departments of the school system, emphasis has been on pupils in the regular day schools since the primary purpose of the studies has been to determine the extent of racial "mix" between black and non-black pupils in the K -12 program. Consequently, all non-black pupils as well as employed personnel are treated as one classi- fication except where minority groups of pupils (American Indian, Oriental, and Spanish language origin) are shown separately as reported to the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Throughout this report combination schools are classified by predominate grade level. Head Start pupils are not included in this report except those in state supported units and included in the attendance reports as kinder- garten. Only full-time instructional personnel were included in the report. Some teachers work in more than one school although they are full-time per- sonnel; these teachers were reported as "itinerant" instructional personnel in Table 6. Employee data for non-instructional aersonnel, however, include part-time as well as full-time employees. Tables 1-7 are a tabulation Of the basic data obtained in a survey of the entire school system and include data for both pupils and employees. Tables 1, 2. 3, and 4, cover the elementary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools and special centers, respectively. Table 5 contains a summary of Tables 1-4. Table 5 reveals that total tembership as of September 28, 1970 was 238,793a. Of this number 59,818 (25.1%) were black and 49,379 (20.7%) were Spanish language origin pupils; an additional 184 American Indian and 481 Oriental pupils made 109,862 pupils in these four minority groups or 46% of the total membership. Table 6 covers central administration, district offices, 6 4 and countywide services, while Table 7 covers the adult education program. In addition to a breakdown of the numbers of pupils by schools into selected minority groups, percents are shown. For employed personnel, only the count of black and non-black employees at each location was tabulated.