The Problem We All Live With

By kpossley

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Courts declared Missouri state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
  • Period: to

    The nation experiences massive desegregation

  • Height of desegregation

    On standardized reading tests in 1988, black 13 year olds tested only 18 points worse than white kids.

  • Normandy loses its accreditation from the state

    This triggered the transfer law, which gives students in unaccredited districts the right to transfer to a nearby accredited one for free.

  • Francis Howell officials hold a Town Hall to discuss Normndy's decision to choose their district to bus students to

    Parents voice their concerns about class sizes, money, how this will affect special ed, fire safety, etc...

  • Students from Normandy transfer over to Francis Howell due to the new laws

    Mah'Ria Pruitt-Martin, along with 1,000 other students, begins her education at Francis Howell

  • Normandy District sends more than $1 million a month to Francis Howell

    By the fall of 2013, the impoverished Normandy District was sending more than a $1 million a month to whiter, wealthier ones.

  • State renames Normany to the Normandy Schools Collaborative, and upgrades their status to non-accredited.

    Nedra Martin, Ma'Ria's mother, receives a letter informing her that Francis Howell is no longer accepting any students from the Normandy because Normandy is now called the Collaborative