(AP) — A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation. The agreement was announced Thursday on the first day of classes for Bossier Parish Schools near Shreveport. Last month she announced she had helped lift a desegregation mandate for the rural Concordia Parish School Board along the Mississippi River. The school system said it worked for decades with the Department of Justice, collaborating with its lawyers over “every new school, classroom wing addition and attendance zone change.” Rowland thanked past board members and employees for doing everything the system needed to do to get out from the intense federal monitoring.