Jefferson County Public Schools

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public school district school district in the United States

Jefferson County Public Schools is a large public school district in Louisville, Kentucky, known for its prominent role in national debates and litigation over school desegregation and student assignment policies.

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Label Occurrences
Jefferson County Public Schools canonical 6
Jefferson County Board of Education 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public school district ⓘ
school district in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
educationSystem public education ⓘ
employs school administrators ⓘ
support staff ⓘ
teachers ⓘ
follows Kentucky Department of Education regulations ⓘ
fundedBy federal education funds ⓘ
local property taxes ⓘ
state education funds ⓘ
governingBody Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ
linked to: Jefferson County School Board
hasCharacteristic largest school district in Kentucky ⓘ
racially diverse student population ⓘ
urban school district ⓘ
hasHeadquarters VanHoose Education Center ⓘ
hasMotto Every student, every day (or similar equity-focused motto) ⓘ
hasObjective maintain racially and socioeconomically diverse schools ⓘ
promote educational equity ⓘ
hasPolicy magnet school admissions procedures ⓘ
open enrollment options within the district ⓘ
student assignment plan based on diversity guidelines ⓘ
headquartersLocation Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
involvedIn Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ
federal school desegregation litigation ⓘ
knownFor busing for desegregation ⓘ
magnet school programs ⓘ
school desegregation policies ⓘ
student assignment plans ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky

Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
offersEducationalLevel elementary school ⓘ
high school ⓘ
middle school ⓘ
pre-kindergarten ⓘ
operates alternative schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
elementary schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
high schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
magnet schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
middle schools in Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
sector K–12 education ⓘ
servesCity Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
servesRegion Jefferson County, Kentucky ⓘ
subjectOf national debate over school desegregation ⓘ
national debate over student assignment policies ⓘ
typeOfOrganization public sector organization ⓘ

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Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education → respondent → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education → originatingSchoolDistrict → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School → affiliation → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
Louisville Male High School → operatedBy → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
Crystal D. Meredith → filedLawsuitAgainst → Jefferson County Board of Education ⓘ
linked to: Jefferson County Public Schools
Youth Performing Arts School (Louisville) → governedBy → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ
Youth Performing Arts School (Louisville) → schoolDistrict → Jefferson County Public Schools ⓘ