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Cedar Rapids Desegregation Progress At Tyler School
Cedar Rapids school board pledged to cut Tyler elementary minority enrollment from 56.6 percent in Oct 1972 to 35 percent by Sep 1973 and 29 percent by Sep 1974. by Sep 1974 the figure stood at 41.1 percent due to migration and housing trends. The district relied on voluntary programs EXPO at Squaw Creek, Enterprise informal, and Tyler In-Out, with mixed results. State guidance stresses not a fixed 50 percent threshold but focus on desegregation, while federal guidelines tie Title VII funds to reductions. officials warn against interpreting numbers as sole proof of compliance. Community leaders discuss strengths and limits of voluntary desegregation and the need for broader, long-term efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Tyler
Tom White
City of
Seventh Street
Squaw Creek School
Squaw Creek
Enterprise
Tyler School
Wright School
State Department of Public Instruction
George Garcia
Davenport
Garcia
White
Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Office of Education
Johnson Elementary School
State Board of Public Instruction
Des Moines
James Bias
Eighteenth Street SE
McKinley
Washington
PTA
Charles Ligons
Grande Avenue
Ligons