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WDBJ September Showdown Interview with Luther Carter
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Luther Carter, a reporter for the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, pointed out that the Pupil
Placement Board for Virginia under the 1956 legislation (Pupil Placement Act) maintained
exclusive state authority to place students in schools; however, he said, the City of
Norfolk set up a process for deciding at the local level how to respond to black
applicants seeking a transfer to a white school. The Norfolk city school board plan set
up a set of criteria for this decision, taking into account the distance from the
applicant's home to the schools, the scholastic aptitude of the student, the
availability of seats and room in the schools, and the character of the student as
determined in an interview. Carter thought that the plan in Norfolk differed from the
Charlottesville school board plan because Charlottesville provided that a student might
be assigned to a school outside of his or her zoned district, and therefore a black
student applicant to a white school could be assigned to the black school in another
district. In Norfolk, according to Carter, the plan made no such provision and students
would have to be assigned within their district. Carter thought that parents were
organizing private acadmies in preparation for school closings in the fall.
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