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October 6, 1999
- CMS Board Meeting. Democrats
vote to appeal Judge Potters
ruling banning race based
busing.
If there is one and only one CMS
School Meeting you should watch
to get a flavor of the hostility
and dysfunctional nature of
Charlotte's Elected body, the
October 9, 1999 meeting is the
one to watch. While 6 years old,
most of the folks in this are
still in office (many still on
the School Board).
When I ran for office in 1996 I ran
with one slogan: "Neighborhood
Schools. Here is my bumper
sticker from that time:
In 1997 and 1998 we (those in favor
of overturning the busing
decision) talked about suing
CMS. I met with then CMS Board
Chair Arthur Griffin to ask him
about it and he just chuckled
and said that "Charlotte would
NEVER abandon busing". I told
him if he did not he would be
sued and would lose in court.
The powers on the School Board
(mostly Democrats) and at the
Chamber refused to consider
compromise or discussion.
MPEG4 - 128K Video Standard (High res)
http://billjames.org/video
files/Video 35 - web page.htm
So..........a lawsuit was filed by
Bill Cappachione and later
joined by some "intervenors" one
of which was CMS Board member
Larry Gauvreau. We won! and the
decision was announced the fall
of 1999.
In October 1999 the School Board
met to discuss OPENLY (I think
for the first time) the issue of
assigning kids to school based
on the color of their skin. This
is an edited version of the
highlights of this two hour
meeting.
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