Equal Opportunity in the Fort Wayne Community Schools: A ...

FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS1230 SOUTH CLINTON STREET • FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 4680?PHONE 219/422-3575FORT WAYNE BICENrtNMlUJune 22, 1976Mr. Frank KruegerOffice of the Attorney GeneralCivil Rights DivisionRoom 3265HEW - North Building330 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20201Re:Fort Wayne Community SchoolsDear Mr. Krueger:Please be advised that in implementing the provisions ofthe faculty re-assignment plan, described to you by writtencommunication dated March 22, 1976 from our attorney,Robert S. Walters, the Fort Wayne Community Schools hasfollowed the policies, rules, and guidelines described inthe Master Contract between the Board of School Trusteesof the Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort WayneEducation Association, Inc. (1975-1976), and, most particularly,the provisions of Article IX thereof (a copy ofwhich is attached for your reference). As further clarification,however, and to assure you that both the voluntaryand involuntary transfers made necessary by our re-assignmentplan have not resulted in a lessening in the qualifyof instruction in any affected school, nor in the dismissal,demotion, or loss of seniority on the part of any of theaffected teachers, I am pleased to advise you that none ofthe teachers who have been transferred thus far, and noneof the teachers who will be transferred pursuant to the planhereafter, have been or will be re-assigned to a teachingposition for which that individual teacher is not qualified;nor have any such re-assignments been accompanied by anyprofessional demotion or loss of salary.Consistent with the provisions of Article IX Master Contract,an admixture of experienced and inexperienced teachers ineach school has been maintained, as has the unit and buildingbalances of teachers with post-graduate degrees and24