Civil rights attorneys and state officials will head to court Thursday afternoon to enter into an agreement to further desegregate Hartford schools.
This historic agreement comes nearly 26 years after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in the Sheff v. O’Neill case that Hartford children “suffer daily” from the inequities caused by severe racial and economic isolation.
Roughly half of the students who live in Hartford still attend segregated schools. Details about the agreement were not available prior to the court hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. in Hartford Superior Court.
To learn more about the Sheff v. O’Neill case, watch CUTLINE: Sheff v. O’Neill: Striving Toward Education Equity
