District provides consent decree data
The Monroe City School System provided consent decree data to the courts and the U.S. Department of Justice as ordered by U.S. District Judge Robbie James last week.
In a response to the court filed Tuesday, Superintendent Brent Vidrine's attorney, Scott Wolleson, listed the documents filed under seal as:
- a district threshold report as of Oct. 14 and Vidrine's declaration that the report is accurate based on the records of the district;
- a faculty roster for each school as of Oct. 14 and a declaration by the principal and vice principal of each school, as applicable, that the rosters are correct;
- a declaration from the executive of human resources for the district attesting to the accuracy of the roster. An attachment includes the birth certificates for two teachers who self-identified as a race different than what is listed on the birth certificates on file in the district records.
The Department of Justice will reply no later than Nov. 14. James asked that only the information discussed in the conference be worked on rather than any other information requests from the Department of Justice or other consultants.
Another telephone status conference for attorneys is set for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
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Representatives from the the Department of Justice have held that the district has provided inaccurate information regarding the racial makeup of teachers and administrators in prior months. A hearing to determine whether the district should be held in contempt in complying with the consent decree was held earlier this month, and U.S. District Judge Robbie James said he would rule on the matter at a later date. Last week, he ordered that Vidrine or the principals "provide a declaration affirming under penalty of perjury."
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