Devising the Phase II Plan
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In drawing up his permanent Phase II plan, Judge W. Arthur Garrity relied
on a team of school desegregation experts, or "masters." The "Masters' Plan"
carved the entire city into "slices," busing whites from the outside of each
slice towards the mostly black center and vice versa. Students could opt for
their district school, which had a racial mix close to the racial composition
in that district, or one of 32 specialized magnet schools, with a racial
composition similar to that of the entire school district. The number of
students bused under the Masters' Plan was reduced from 17,000 to 14,900,
and the busing between South Boston and Roxbury was eliminated
completely.
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Garrity's final decision accepted much of the Masters' Plan but changed
other portions. Instead of allowing district schools to reflect the racial
composition of the district -- which would have produced schools that were
as much as 95 percent white -- he enforced a more uniform racial mix across all
schools. The number of students to be bused rose to 25,000, and once again
students would be bused between South Boston and
Roxbury.
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