Mission Statement

The Desegregation Advisory Committee (DAC) is an independent, volunteer group composed of Huntsville City Schools (HCS) students and parents with children enrolled in HCS.  We are responsible for monitoring HCS’s implementation of the Consent Order by reviewing data, making recommendations to the superintendent, and filing reports with the Court. We serve as a voice of the community and an early warning system for developing challenges. We gather information from both the public and HCS and we make assessments about whether, in our view, HCS is meeting its obligation to faithfully implement the Consent Order.

We are not a second Board of Education and do not set HCS policy. We are not responsible for assigning students, staff, or faculty to schools, for hiring or terminating HCS employees, or for establishing HCS budget priorities. 

Our ultimate responsibility is to improve the future for all children enrolled in the Huntsville City School System and to help finally eradicate the tenacious and immoral vestiges of segregation.