Public Education in Pitt County Schools
Thursday, January 26 2012
by Susan Davis, Dave DeWitt, and Frank Stasio
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is hearing arguments today from attorneys on two sides of a case involving schools and segregation. This case involves Pitt County, North Carolina, a district that was formed when the Greenville and Pitt County Schools merged in 1985. Both districts were under court order from the 1970s to desegregate – an order that still exists today. Last year, the district enacted a new student assignment policy. That prompted a group of concerned African-Americans in Pitt County to sue, saying the district was not living up to its court-mandated desegregation plan. WUNC education reporter Dave DeWitt joins host Frank Stasio with an update on the story.
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