District News Roundup

Officials of the Stockton (Calif.) Unified School District have approved an agreement that will end court-ordered busing in the district.

The pact between the district and California Rural Legal Assistance, which has represented minority parents, calls for a return to neighborhood schools in the 30,000 student district, which has been under court order since 1977.

The district argues that busing is no longer a viable means of desegregation in the district, which is now 80 percent minority. The new focus on neighborhood schools will alleviate the "harmful effects of racial...