31.   While Dr. Fitzgerald headed the Montclair schools, the district undertook a desegregation plan that included voluntary busing to specialized magnet schools.

32.   While many other school districts sought and gained release from court-ordered desegregation plans, Port Arthur never did.

33.   Other districts that have been declared unitary, such as those in Cleveland, Denver and Norfolk, Va., were released from court-ordered desegregation plans.

34.   Desegregation plan unveiled.

35.   Ivan Lafayette became increasingly involved in public affairs as an advocate of the desegregation plan.

36.   Many parents also complained the desegregation plan had sent students to schools far from their homes and friends simply to meet quotas.

37.   Other U.S. cities have also been freed from court-ordered desegregation plans in recent years, including Cleveland, Denver and Norfolk, Va.