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Letter from Little Rock School Superintendent Harry Little critiquing report from Little Rock Council on Schools. LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EIGHTH AND LOUISIANA STREETS February 20, 1952 PERSONAL TOTHE BOARD Ï have read with interest the report of the Little Rock Council on Schools having to do with segregation, a copy of which I sent to you this morning. There are a lof of things in this report which are true, but there are many which have been twisted in such a way that they do not give a true picture. Some of these are: 1. The report compares the Little Rock High School and Tech High with Dunbar, as to cost and staff loads. Dunbar is both a junior high and senior high school, and in order for the figures to be accurate, the junior high school part of Dunbar would have to be separated from the senior high school. 2. There are some courses offered at Little Rock High School and Tech High which are not offered at Dunbar. There are also some courses offered at Dunbar which are nor offered at the other schools, such as bricklaying, trade laundry, Negro History, and Youth Faces its Problems. 3. In this report, no mention is made of the extra lots and extra one-half block which have been purchased for Dunbar. 4. In referring to the guidance services at Dunbar, it should be remembered that we have only 555 senior high school pupils at Dunbar, and we have...

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