Updates to 60-year-old civil rights case could bring major changes to Jefferson County Schools
Updated: 8:08 AM CST Jan 29, 2025
THEY PROBABLY DEALT WITH ON THAT DAY. IT鈥橲 IT鈥橲 ONE PEOPLE WILL NOT FORGET, AND THAT鈥橲 ONE THAT YOU HEAR COME UP ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT SNOW. WILL IT BE LIKE 2014. AND MOST OF THE TIME THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO. THAT WAS A VERY UNIQUE KIND OF SITUATION. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. THESE THINGS CAN SNEAK UP ON US BECAUSE THAT鈥橲 EXACTLY WHAT THAT ONE DID. WE HAD SOMETHING NEAT THIS MORNING THOUGH, THAT FOG THAT SETTLED IN OVER BIRMINGHAM. IT鈥橲 A PICTURE STEPHANIE TOOK EARLIER THIS MORNING OUT THE BACK OF THE TV STATION. WE鈥橵E GOT A REALLY NICE VIEW HERE. SO FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE ALABAMA POWER BUILDING RIGHT THERE IS 321FT TALL. CITY FEDERAL IS 325FT TALL, AND THE SHIP TOWER DOWNTOWN IS 454FT TALL. SO THE FOG WAS SHALLOW ENOUGH THAT IF YOU WERE ON TOP OF, SAY, THE HARBOR BUILDING OR THE THE REGIONS BUILDING, OR THE SHIP TOWER THAT YOU WERE IN THE SUNSHINE AND DIDN鈥橳 EVEN KNOW THAT IT WAS FOGGY UNLESS YOU LOOKED DOWN. AND IN THAT FOG, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM ABOVE. UP IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA. YOU GOT THE VIEW THERE FROM WEATHINGTON PARK AND THE COMMUNITY OF SECTION ON TOP OF SAND MOUNTAIN, OVERLOOKING LAKE GUNTERSVILLE. THAT鈥橲 WHAT THE FOG DID TO THE TREES. AND TRUSSVILLE LOOKED LIKE DIAMONDS ON THE NEEDLES OF THE PINE TREES. AND THERE鈥橲 ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING FROM SAND MOUNTAIN TOWARD LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN IN FORT PAYNE. AS THE SUN WAS COMING UP OVER THE FOG DOWN IN THE WILLS VALLEY TOMORROW MORNING, WE鈥橰E GETTING MORE FOG, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FROM WINFIELD TO JASPER. SMITH LAKE AREA THROUGH PARTS OF JEFFERSON AND BLOUNT, ETOWAH COUNTY, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND PICKENS COUNTY, THIS TIME IT鈥橲 NOT GOING TO BE FREEZING FOG, THOUGH IT WILL BE COLD AND DAMP EARLY IN THE MORNING, TEMPERATURES DROPPING TOWARD THE MID AND UPPER 30S OVERNIGHT AROUND BIRMINGHAM AND TUSCALOOSA. BUT THEN FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT BY THE AFTERNOON. WE鈥橰E CALLING FOR A SPRING FEVER WATCH TOMORROW. A HIGH AT 64. OH, HOW NICE THAT鈥橲 GOING TO FEEL. STARTING AT 37, IN VESTAVIA HILLS. 34 IN MUNFORD, 37 AT BOAZ AND 35 AT GU-WIN. AND THEN GETTING TO THE LOW AND MID 60S, MAYBE EVEN AS WARM AS 68 AT GREENSBORO, 65 TUSCALOOSA 62 IN VESTAVIA AND 64 IN HARPERSVILLE. SO ALL ACROSS THE SOUTH, WE鈥橰E GOING TO BE HAVING A LITTLE TASTE OF SPRING FEVER IN COMING DAYS BECAUSE OF A SOUTHWEST WIND THAT BRINGS IN WARMER AIR FROM MEXICO AND TEXAS, ACROSS LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA. THIS BRINGS HIGH TEMPERATURES UP. IT ALSO BRINGS MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND THAT WILL LEAD TO A THREAT OF SOME SEVERE STORMS WEST OF US. ON THURSDAY. AND IT鈥橲 A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEVATED HERE. TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI. BUT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO US, WE THINK THEY鈥橰E JUST GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. THERE鈥橲 GOING TO BE A LOT OF WIND, THOUGH. BLUSTERY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS COULD BE HIGHER THAN 40 TO 45MPH. ABOUT 6 A.M. FRIDAY, THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH. I DON鈥橳 EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER, BUT IT鈥橲 SOMETHING THAT WE鈥橪L KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON. SO TOMORROW, A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. THE HIGH AT 64. EVEN WARMER WITH A LOW CHANCE OF A SHOWER BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN ON THURSDAY, 66 RAIN EARLY FRIDAY. THE WEEKEND. LOOKING NICE AND AT THIS POINT LOOKS LIKE THE GROUNDHOG OR THE POSSUM OR WHATEVER IS LOOKING OUT OF ITS HOLE. ON SUNDAY MORNING. WI
Updates to 60-year-old civil rights case could bring major changes to Jefferson County Schools
Updated: 8:08 AM CST Jan 29, 2025
Video above: 米兰体育 13 Tuesday evening weather forecastNew updates in a sixty-year-old civil rights lawsuit could mean major changes for one of the largest school districts in Alabama.Earlier this month, representatives for The Jefferson County Board of Education, as well as the plaintiffs of the 1965 court case Stout v. Jefferson County, came together to propose a new consent order that would allow Jefferson County Schools to shed the court oversight it's been beneath for decades.That original lawsuit, filed by Blevin Stout in 1965 on behalf of his daughter and other black students, challenged racial segregation in the county's school system following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of EducationThe case led to the operative desegregation order that the Jefferson County School District has remained under since 1971.This month's consent order states that vestiges of the former segregated system still remain and puts forth several steps the district must take in order to satisfy its desegregation obligations, achieve educational equity, and end both the case and the judicial supervision it still faces.Those steps include:Student Assignment and DesegregationAchieve enrollments at each school within +/-15% of district-wide racial demographicsEstablish majority-to-minority transfer programsRequire court approval for changes to attendance zones and grade structuresCreate equitable access to magnet and signature academy programsDiscipline ReformEliminate exclusionary discipline for minor infractionsImplement Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)Revise discipline policies to address racial disparitiesReform Alternative School Program policiesRequire data collection and monitoring of disciplinary actions by raceFacilities ImprovementsConduct comprehensive facilities assessmentDevelop long-term facilities plan to address disparities and maintain equityEstablish construction standards for new facilitiesMonitor and address inequities in facility spendingQuality of EducationMonitor academic achievement gapsExpand access to advanced coursesAddress disparities in special education identificationProvide equitable resources and opportunitiesOversight and MonitoringCreate a Desegregation Advisory Committee with 28 membersAppoint Desegregation CoordinatorRequire annual reporting on implementation progressEstablish data collection and review proceduresIf this consent order passes, the district must demonstrate that it has, in good faith, implemented all of the listed provisions for at least 3 years. At that point, if all requirements have been met, the district can seek total release from supervision.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. — Video above: 米兰体育 13 Tuesday evening weather forecast
New updates in a sixty-year-old civil rights lawsuit could mean major changes for one of the largest school districts in Alabama.
Earlier this month, representatives for The Jefferson County Board of Education, as well as the plaintiffs of the 1965 court case Stout v. Jefferson County, came together to propose a new consent order that would allow Jefferson County Schools to shed the court oversight it's been beneath for decades.
That original lawsuit, filed by Blevin Stout in 1965 on behalf of his daughter and other black students, challenged racial segregation in the county's school system following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education
The case led to the operative desegregation order that the Jefferson County School District has remained under since 1971.
This month's consent order states that vestiges of the former segregated system still remain and puts forth several steps the district must take in order to satisfy its desegregation obligations, achieve educational equity, and end both the case and the judicial supervision it still faces.
Those steps include:
Student Assignment and Desegregation
- Achieve enrollments at each school within +/-15% of district-wide racial demographics
- Establish majority-to-minority transfer programs
- Require court approval for changes to attendance zones and grade structures
- Create equitable access to magnet and signature academy programs
Discipline Reform
- Eliminate exclusionary discipline for minor infractions
- Implement Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
- Revise discipline policies to address racial disparities
- Reform Alternative School Program policies
- Require data collection and monitoring of disciplinary actions by race
Facilities Improvements
- Conduct comprehensive facilities assessment
- Develop long-term facilities plan to address disparities and maintain equity
- Establish construction standards for new facilities
- Monitor and address inequities in facility spending
Quality of Education
- Monitor academic achievement gaps
- Expand access to advanced courses
- Address disparities in special education identification
- Provide equitable resources and opportunities
Oversight and Monitoring
- Create a Desegregation Advisory Committee with 28 members
- Appoint Desegregation Coordinator
- Require annual reporting on implementation progress
- Establish data collection and review procedures
If this , the district must demonstrate that it has, in good faith, implemented all of the listed provisions for at least 3 years. At that point, if all requirements have been met, the district can seek total release from supervision.