The school district, which gets a new superintendent in July, is 56 percent white, 37 percent black and about 8 percent other minorities. The current plan allows some student choice while seeking to keep minority enrollment at between 15 percent and 50 percent of the population at most schools.
Louisville parent Crystal Meredith challenged the system, which was upheld by a federal judge in Louisville and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Meredith said her son was bused 90 minutes round trip for two years, until she moved and her son got into his school of choice.
Meredith, a single mom who wanted her son at a school closer to home to facilitate visitation with his father, said the plan violated her rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
"I was told by the school board that my son's education was not as important as their plan," Meredith said Thursday. "I was told that my best bet for a better educational fit for him was to move to another county."
--Associated Press
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