Jefferson Parish Public School System magnet school admission application program delayed

The Times-Picayune reports:

In a 16-page ruling this week, U.S. Judge Kurt Engelhardt said that converting Hazel Park Elementary into a magnet school would ultimately "impede" the system's progress toward achieving desegregated status. He ordered attorneys working on the district's desegregation process to submit a revised magnet plan within 120 days of Jan. 5, the day he signed the ruling.

The ruling, as well as other documents about the case, can be found on the website of The Jefferson Parish School System.

A press release from the school system reads as follows:

The Jefferson Parish Public School System magnet school admission application program has been temporarily delayed following a federal judge’s ruling on the proposed magnet school plan.

Both the plaintiff’s and school system’s attorneys are in the process of reviewing the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Kurt Engelhardt and will advise the school system as to the next steps in terms of opening the application process.

Posted by MBC at January 8, 2009 09:28 AM