NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Tangipahoa Parish School Board and plaintiffs in the 46-year-old desegregation lawsuit have filed a compromise in federal court more than six weeks after coming to an agreement.
The Advocate reports the agreement was filed Tuesday.
The two parties reached a verbal agreement July 7 and discussed it with U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle in a conference July 8.
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Tangipahoa school desegregation compromise offered in federal court
August 31, 2011