District News Roundup

The desegregation plan for the Knox County, Tenn., schools is not discriminatory despite the fact that it affects blacks more than it does whites, a federal judge has ruled.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee last month refused to halt implementation of the plan, even though a much higher percentage of black students than white ones will be bused to schools in adjacent zones within the district.

Judge Leon Jordan wrote in his decision that the district's heavy busing of black students is not discriminatory because it responds to changes in housing patterns that were not caused by discrimination...