Consent Order
Consent Order
The Lawrence County Board of Education and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, representing the Black school children of Lawrence County, have reached agreement in the Board’s decades old school desegregation lawsuit. On February 21, 2024 the Court approved a new Consent Order for Provisional Unitary Status and administratively closed the desegregation case. This agreement declares that the Board of Education has achieved Provisional Unitary Status, and, if the Board upholds its end of the agreement for the next three years, the agreement will result in a complete dismissal of the desegregation lawsuit.
To review the Court’s Opinion and the Consent Order for Provisional Unitary Status, please click the below link: Consent Order
The Consent Order requires the Board to employ a “Transition and Inclusive Education Supervisor” to oversee the implementation of the Consent Order and address potential climate issues within the District. Dr. Gina Baggett serves as the Board’s Transition and Inclusive Education Supervisor. Dr. Baggett may be contacted at the below contact information: gbaggett@lawrenceal.org, 256-905-2400 ext. 10110
In addition, the Consent Order also creates a Superintendent’s Advisory Council. The members of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council will be announced very soon and listed on this webpage. The purpose of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council is to receive community concerns about the implementation of the Consent Order and present those concerns and recommendations to the Superintendent and Dr. Baggett. The Superintendent’s Advisory Council will meet with the Superintendent at the end of every nine weeks. More information regarding the Superintendent’s Advisory Council and its work will be announced in the near future.
