City won't appeal blocked school split in desegregation case
GARDENDALE, Ala. (AP) — A mostly white Alabama city a that federal appeals court ruled cannot separate from a heavily black county school system has stopped its efforts to form its own educational district.
AL.com reports Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland and City Schools Board of Education President Michael Hogue said in a letter Wednesday to the Jefferson County Board of Education that it will not appeal the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision and will not appeal to the Supreme Court.
A panel of the 11th Circuit on Feb. 13 said U.S.