Case: Silver v. Halifax County Board of Commissioners

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case). Following five years of research and general legal support to community-based education advocacy groups, in August 2015, the Center (with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and the national law firm Latham & Watkins) filed suit on behalf of two community organizations and three parents against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners. The lawsuit seeks to vindicate right of all Halifax County’s schoolchildren under the North Carolina Constitution a sound basic education by urging the consolidation of the three, small racially segregated school districts within Halifax County. For years, these have been some of the state’s lowest academically performing districts. The case was dismissed on a 12(b)(6) motion, and is currently pending before the North Carolina Court of Appeals.