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Collection Title: School Integration Task Force Records
Dates: 1974-1983
Identification: MS-0234
Creator:
School Integration Task Force
Physical Description: 5.42 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Note:
Other Information:
This collection was processed as part of the San Diego African American Archives Project, made possible by a grant from the
President's Leadership Fund.
In 1967, a group of parents filed a class action lawsuit against the San Diego Unified School District for alleged inequalities
of educational opportunities for students of all ethnic backgrounds. This lawsuit became known as
Carlin v. San Diego Board of Education. In 1977, Judge Louis Welsh ruled that the school district must employ a voluntary integration plan to combat segregation.
As part of his ruling, Judge Welsh ordered the creation of the School Integration Task Force. The court charged the task
force with monitoring and evaluating the implementation and progress of the school district's integration plan. The ITF would
then make annual reports to the court at scheduled hearings.
Chief of Police, William Kolender, headed the 22-member task force. It was divided into 5 committees, each of which dealt
with a specific component of the integration plan. These components included race/human relations, learning centers and exchange
programs, Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program (VEEP), magnet programs, and any miscellaneous aspects that included topics
not encompassed by the aforementioned components. The Task Force assigned volunteer monitors to specific schools. These
monitors observed and evaluated classes, students, and specific integration programs. They also interviewed school personnel
and students. In addition, Chief Kolender sent out a letter asking parents to give their opinions about the integration program
and busing. Many parents responded, most of whom opposed busing specifically and integration in general.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
School Integration Task Force (San Diego, Calif.) -- Archives
Organizational Records
San Diego (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations -- Sources
San Diego (Calif.) -- Race relations -- Sources
Busing for school integration -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
De facto school segregation
De facto school segregation -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in education -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Race discrimination -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
School integration
School integration -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
School integration--California--San Diego
Segregation in education -- California -- San Diego -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
This collection is open for research.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, School Integration Task Force Records, Special Collections and University
Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Carlin Integration Case Records
Reverend George Walker Smith Papers
Harold K. Brown Papers. 1956-2000
I. General Files, 1974-1983
II. Reports and Surveys, 1977-1983
The
School Integration Task Force Records document the Task Force's research and findings concerning the San Diego Unified School District's integration plan. These
records contain correspondence, monitor applications and logs, school assignments, student testing results, enrollment statistics,
court orders and charges, task force reports, race/human relations materials, and surveys. The collection dates from 1974-1983,
and is divided into two series:
General Files and
Reports and Surveys.
The
General Files are arranged alphabetically, and document the organization and tasks of the task force. These files contain heavy documentation
of monitor activities, such as monitor applications and assignments. There is excellent correspondence, including passionate
letters from parents stating their opinions on integration and busing. Of the five task force committees, the Race/Human
Relations committee is the best documented. The files also consist of court documents, teacher surveys, and pupil transportation,
and date from 1974 to 1983.
The
Reports and Surveys (1977-1983) series documents the findings of the task force and various research statistics and surveys used to compile those
reports. This series is arranged alphabetically, and includes task force reports, testing results, enrollment statistics,
and pupil ethnic census reports.