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GRIMES
BACK TO SCHOOL
AUGUST 14, 1974
STUDENTS
SUGGESTED LEAD-INo 160,000 I 11E1EZAND 7,000 TEACHERS WILL RETURN TO
SCHOOL TOMUBBOW FOR THE 1974-75 SCHOOL YEAR. THOSE
MXEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WILL ALSO BE RETURNING TO
SOME PROBLEMS AS CHANNEL FIVE'S TOM GRIMES REPORTS sGRIMES VO.
BACK TO SCHOOL. FOR STUDENTS, IT MEANS A NEW FOOTBALL SEASON,
MORE READING AND MORE HOMEWORK. BUT FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRA-
TORS IT MEANS THAT SEVERAL TOUGH PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE ATTACKED.
HIGH ON THE LIST IS INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. LAST JUNE FEDERAL
DISTRICT JUDGE SARAH HUGHES RULED THAT THE DALLAS SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT WAS GUILTY 0- DECRIMINATING AGAINST BLACKS WHEN SUSPENSIONS
FROM SCHOOL '4ERE METED OUT. SHE ORDERED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE SCHOOL BOARD ISSUED
A 14-PAGE ANSWER TO JUDGE HUGHES' ORDER. BUT WHILE THE REPORT
PLEDGED TO END INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, IT WAS SHORT ON SPECIFIC
WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH IT. SUPERINTENDENT NOLAN ESTES, HOWEVER, WAS
QUICK TO REASSURE TEACHERS THAT ENDING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
DIDN'T MEAN ENDING STUDENT DISCIPLINE ALTOGETHER. ESTES, IN
A MESSAGE TO TEACHERS YESTERDAY, SAID THAT THE DISTRICT WON'T
HESITATE TO SUSPEND STUDENTS FROM CLASS IF THEY'RE DISRUPTIVE.
HE ADDED THAT NO FORMULAS OR RATIOS WOULD BE USED TO DETERMINE
WHO'S SUSPENDED. THE PROBLEM FOR ESTES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS
TO DETERMINE HOW TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE, YET HOW TO DO IT
WITHOUT MAKING RACIAL MOTIVES SUSPECT.TGCFN
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: School], script, August 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1974789/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.