SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DESEGREGATION

Paragraph 44 Independent Review

Report No. 17

1999-2000

The Report of the Consent Decree Monitoring Team

Submitted to the United States District Court

for the Northern District of California

July 27, 2000

By Stuart Biegel

Consent Decree Monitor

for the State of California

Paragraph 44 of the SFNAACP v. SFUSD Consent Decree mandates an "independent review of implementation of this Consent Decree at the close of each school year," and requires the monitoring team "to submit a report to the Court." Pursuant to that mandate, the current Consent Decree Monitoring Team filed Report No. 17 on July 27, 2000.

· Full Text of Report No. 17 (.pdf file[1])

· Selected Highlights from Report No. 17

1. Executive Summary

2. Special Section - Transition to December 2002

3. Within-School Segregation: New Findings under Paragraph 12

4. Resegregation of Incoming Classes: New Findings under Paragraph 13

5. Attendance: New Findings under Paragraphs 39-41 (.pdf file)

6. Low Performing Schools - From Reconstitution to II/USP: New Findings under Paragraphs 39-41

· The Consent Decree Monitoring Team (1997-2000)

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ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FILED

BY THE MONITORING TEAM IN 2001

· Supplemental Report regarding McAteer, Golden Gate, & Malcolm X (Filed Feb. 12, 2001)

· Response of Monitoring Team to SFUSD 3/2/01 Draft Comprehensive Plan (Filed March 26, 2001)

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· Annual Reports Filed by the Consent Decree Monitoring Team Since 1997