Rome School System Comes Out From Under Segregation-Era Court Order
The Rome City School System has eliminated all vestiges of segregation and has been granted “Unitary Status.” The school system has been working to come out from under the 1969 desegregation court order since 2006 and learned recently that The U.S. Department of Justice and a federal judge agreed it was time.
Superintendent Gayland Cooper says all students in Rome, regardless of race, have access to a quality school. Cooper stresses the action will not affect the way the school system currently operates.
