Plaintiff's Exhibit "De Jure Segregation of Mexican-Americans in the El Paso Public Schools
- Title / Título
- Plaintiff's Exhibit "De Jure Segregation of Mexican-Americans in the El Paso Public Schools
- Creator / Creador
- unknown
- Date / Fecha
- 1890-1972
- Subject / Tema
- segregation, historical development, gerrymandering, school construction, open zones, feeder patterns, transfer policies, capacity, faculty assignment, student assignment, athletics
- Description / Descripción
- This plaintiff's exhibit document shows historical development within the El Paso Public Schools beginning in 1890 and leading all the way into the 1970s. The document goes on to explain both the gerrymandering of attendance zone lines within Coronado and El Paso High School as well of the construction of new schools such as Bowie High and Roberts Elementary to become self-serving "Mexican Schools". Here, open zones were shown to disrupt the racially integrated student assignment plan. Feeder patters for elementary schools are explained to have a large effect in keeping high schools ethnically identifiable. One factor in combatting racial segregation however were the liberal transfer policies which in between 1969 to 1970 amounted to 1,220 transfers. Also faced in the El Paso Public Schools were excessive overcrowding in predominantly Mexican American Schools as well as disproportionate faculty and student assignments where assignments were made on an ethnic and racial basis until about 1972 when HEW concilation went into effect. Lastly noted in the document is the division of athletic events within sub-districts where Anglo and Mexican-American schools couldn't compete inter-scholastically until the beginning of championship competitions.
