In response to federal inquiry, Ogden, Utah moved in 1970 to implement a desegregation plan entitled "A Voluntary Plan to Reduce Minority Group Isolation and Its Effects". Central to the plan was the consolidation of five elementary schools. Existing boundaries were redrawn to accommodate the former students of these five schools in newly constructed schools. Parents within four blocks of the schools were given the option of sending their children to either one of the new schools or to existing elementary schools. The new boundaries altered the ratio of minority to majority students in four elementary schools and served as an effective means of desegregating these Ogden schools. A total of 2,209 students were affected by the initial phase of the desegregation plan. During 1974 the district began developing remedial reading and math classes designed to overcome the educational effects of minority group isolation. Curriculum changes in the area of ethnic studies were also made. These efforts proved to be inadequate. The final, most telling impetus for change came when the Office of Civil Rights mandated that Odgen submit an acceptable desegregation plan which would lead to the elimination of racial imbalance at a specific elementary school. A positive effect on desegregation has been the addition of a multicultural curriculum. A contributing factor to successful desegregation has been the establishment of a center to investigate parental complaints and to communicate concerns to the school board. (Author/AM)