Metro Nashville schools rezoning lawsuit could echo far
Equality case, now a class action, draws national attention
Jeffrey and Frances Spurlock, the retired Southwestern Bell employee and her custodian husband are the plaintiffs in the three year old lawsuit against Metro Nashville Public Schools rezoning lawsuit. The trial, to judge whether Metro's clusters need to be rezoned to prevent re-segregated schools, kicks off in federal court next Tuesday. JOHN PARTIPILO/The Tennessean / JOHN PARTIPILO/The Tennessean
The trial to decide whether Metro Nashville’s 2009 school redistricting plan catered to white families and rezoned black students out of affluent, higher-achieving schools could set a national precedent.
Families have sued school districts from Tuscon, Ariz., to Louisville, Ky., in recent years over school assignment and seeking equal resources, but there hasn’t been a clear remedy to solve complaints.
Spurlock v. Fox is set to begin Tuesday in Nashville. The judge on Friday certified the case a class-action lawsuit, meaning it now represents as plaintiffs all black North Nashville families affected by
