Ralph Stell, a Minor, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, a Public Body Corporate

RONEY, Chief Judge:

In this Savannah public school desegregation case, the central issue on this appeal is whether the district court was within its discretion in approving as a remedy for past discrimination, a desegregation plan which relies heavily on magnet programs in predominantly black schools and voluntary “majority to minority” transfers. Inasmuch as prior plans which provided for mandatory busing, mandatory assignment, and pairing of black schools with white schools has failed to result in the level of desegregation the parties desire, and there is sufficient evidence in the record…