REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO END DE FACTO SEGREGATION IN NEW ROCHELLE AND MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ARE PRESENTED. "NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK" BY JOHN KAPLAN GIVES THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE CRISIS IN NEW ROCHELLE. "RACIAL IMBALANCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW ROCHELLE" BY DAN W. DODSON, DISCUSSES THE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES CONFRONTING THE NEW ROCHELLE BOARD OF EDUCATION. "THE NEW ROCHELLE DECISION" BY JUDGE IRVING R. KAUFMAN, GIVES THE JUDGE'S DECISION IN THE TAYLOR VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CASE. "THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN INTEGRATION" BY FLORENCE D. SHEELEY, PRESIDENT OF THE NEW ROCHELLE P.T.A., DISCUSSES THE ATTITUDES AND ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY. "RACIAL FACTORS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK" BY DON W. DODSON DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF SEGREGATION CAUSED BY THE DIVISION IN THE TOWN MADE BY THE RAILROAD. "THE REPORT OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE ON RACIAL IMBALANCE TO THE MOUNT VERNON BOARD OF EDUCATION" HIGHLIGHTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE. "THE MINORITY REPORT OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE ON RACIAL IMBALANCE TO THE MOUNT VERNON BOARD OF EDUCATION" DISCUSSES A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE PROBLEM AND SOME APPROACHES TO ITS SOLUTION.