After the decision, however, most students stayed where they were, and thus most school districts remained segregated. Eventually, in 1971, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, the Court decided that “all deliberate speed” had not been speedy enough, ordering the Charlotte, North Carolina, school district to bus its students across district lines to achieve desegregation. Now that the charter school has completed the startup steps and begun enrollment and operations, the school can focus on achieving and sustaining academic success. As charter school authorizers review charter schools on a regular basis, often every five years, this step is important for the stability and vitality of the charter school.
