Civil rights lawsuit against JCPS busing plan paused for 60 days, as students head back to school | Education [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Both sides in a federal busing lawsuit have agreed to a two-month pause in the case ahead of Thursday’s first day of school in Jefferson County.

But the rhetoric in the civil rights lawsuit ramped up Wednesday, with an attorney for the parents claiming in a press release that the school district had agreed to some terms in a settlement proposal.

Jefferson County Schools (JCPS) vehemently denied that in its own statement, saying lawyer Teddy Gordon, “has misrepresented the circumstances of this arrangement, misrepresented commitments that were made by the District, and misled the public.”

At a hearing last Friday, JCPS leadership testified against the federal civil rights lawsuit filed June 20by parents who attend Male and duPont Manual High Schools and Whitney Young Elementary. Louisville attorney Ted Gordon, representing the parents argued the students may now have to enroll in less desirable neighborhood schools due to a lack …