Murphy Unveils Plan To End Forced Busing in Charlotte

By Peter Schmidt

John A. Murphy, the superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenberg, N.C., public schools, has proposed that the district end its forced busing program and establish several new magnet schools.

Asserting that the district's current busing program results in "a disproportionate amount of busing for young black students,'' Mr. Murphy said he had asked a consultant to develop a new pupil-assignment plan "more in keeping with the desires of the community.''

In public hearings on the plan last week, however, some African-American parents expressed fears that the proposed plan would resegregate schools or again place the burden for...