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Excellent Work

Julian King, Assistant Principal
at Albemarle High School,
said, "Qualified Negro educators
formerly teaching in the county's
segregated schools are now doing
excellent jobs as some of our top
teachers in the integrated system."

Hope for action from the Board
appeared rather slim since members
of the Board felt that there was just
not time to really implement a
policy of recruiting black employees
for the school offices and
teachers for the schools. Mr.
Jenkins noted that "It is very
unreasonable to expect the Board
to fire teachers and employ others
at this time. To come here and
pounce on the Board, and stir up
racism is not fair when personnel
employment is virtually complete."