Desegregation Advisory Committee – Desegregation Advisory Committee

Mission Statement

We, the members of the Desegregation Advisory Committee (DAC), are an independent, volunteer group composed of Huntsville City Schools (HCS) students and parents with children enrolled in HCS. We are responsible for monitoring HCS’s implementation of the Consent Order by reviewing data, making recommendations to the superintendent, and filing reports with the Court. We serve as a voice of the community and an early warning system for developing challenges. We gather information from both the public and HCS and we make assessments about whether, in our view, HCS is meeting its obligation to faithfully implement the Consent Order.

We are not a second board of education and do not have authority to set HCS policy. We are not responsible for assigning students, staff, or faculty to schools, for hiring or firing HCS employees, or for establishing HCS budget priorities. We recognize that our ultimate responsibility is to improve the future for all children in the Huntsville City School System and to help finally remove the tenacious and immoral vestiges of segregation.

2022/2023 Feeder Pattern Meetings

The DAC will hold public meetings for each High Schools feeder pattern. Everyone is welcome to attend any of these meetings. This will be an open forum for questions, concerns, and community feedback. The DAC would like to hear your stories of the consent order is creating positive change, and understand areas that still need improvement. The DAC is responsible for monitoring Huntsville City Schools implementation of the consent order, by receiving community feedback, reviewing data, making recommendations, and filing reports with the Court. Your input is a very valuable part of this process.

DAC First Public Meeting | November 7, 2022 6:00 pm | Lee HighSchool Auditorium

Columbia Cluster | Tuesday – February 21, 2023 6:00 pm | Columbia High School Auditorium

Jemison Cluster | Thursday – February 23, 2023 6:00 pm | Jemison High School Theater

Grissom Cluster | Tuesday – March 7, 2023 6:00 pm | Grissom High School Cafeteria

Huntsville Cluster | Thursday – March 9, 2023 6:00 pm | Huntsville High School Lecture Hall

Lee Cluster | Tuesday – March 21, 2023 6:00 pm |Lee High School Auditorium

DAC Committee Second Public Meeting | Monday – April 10, 2023 6:00 pm | Lee High School Auditorium

The Consent Order addresses 7 Key Areas in Education (Green factors):

1. Student Assignment
2. Equitable Access to Course Offerings & Programs
3. Extracurricular Activities
4. Faculty
5. Transportation
6. Facilities
7. Student Discipline

2021/22 DAC Members

PARENTS

- Foroughi, Navid
- Gregory, Christopher, Chair
- Jones, Nicholaos
- Lewis, Cyle
- O’Brien, Jason
- Plansky, Cynthia
- Wheeler, Lakeshia
- White Halverson, Candace
- Wilmer, Janiece

STUDENT

- - Elizabeth Sierzego
  - Emilia Accardi
  - Barry Williams
  - Ja’Nyiea Everson
  - Christopher Lockhart
  - Mia Uribe