![]() ![]() In response, Judge Jack Roberts decided on Wednesday, July 28, to change the boundaries of both La Vega and Waco school districts by moving part of La Vega into Waco ISD, including both students and property. On July 22, 1971, district officials made the case for their motion. The boycott was in response to several grievances, not the least of which was the closing of Carver and the busing of more black students out of their neighborhood as compared to the busing in of many fewer white students.Īs a result, La Vega ISD returned to federal court with a motion on Jasking for a modification of the August 1970 court order. Within a few weeks after the 1970-71 school year began, a large number of African American students at La Vega High School walked out of class and stayed out of school for a week. This decision, made only a few days before the school year began, caused a flurry of activity as plans and changes had to be made to integrate both students and faculty. Board of Education outlawed segregation in public schools, school integration was still an ongoing controversy in those two school districts.Īny attempt to tell this story must begin on Augwhen a federal court in Austin accepted a La Vega ISD plan to close Carver High School, which had been an African American school since it opened in 1956, and merge it with La Vega High School. Or put differently, 17 years after the U.S. The history of the integration in Waco and La Vega Independent School Districts intersected in a significant way 50 years ago this month. La Vega ISD Shrinks, Waco ISD Grows: School Integration, July 1971 by Sean Sutcliffe on T08:39:00-05:00 | 0 Comments ![]()
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