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March 7, 202110:35 am
I was a little surprised to see an extensive article in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about the effort to get the entire 8th U.S. Circuit of Appeals to hear an appeal of a three-judge panel’s decision refusing to force
four Arkansas school districts to participate in the state’s open-ended school transfer plan.
In the case: Camden Fairview, Hope, Lafayette County and Junction City have been upheld by a district court and the 8th Circuit panel in arguing that their federal court desegregation plans exempt them from forced school choice participation under Arkansas law. School choice would contribute to the flight of white students to neighboring districts, they argued successfully.