The Office on School Monitoring and Community Relations was established in 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of the Cleveland Public Schools to foster the public's understanding of desegregation mandated by Judge Frank Battisti's 1978 decision in Reed v. Rhodes and to report on its progress. Part of the office's purview was the training of school monitors who would observe, assess, and report on the variety of conditions within targeted Cleveland public schools. These training sessions revolved around tasks, procedures, legalities, and role-playing sessions. Monitors were then sent into the schools to observe and prepare checklists on a variety of conditions, including cafeteria behavior, security, transportation system efficiency, and general school atmosphere.
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From the guide to the Office on School Monitoring and Community Relations Records, 1980, (Western Reserve Historical Society)
