The CCC had been negotiating with Superintendent Shedd, who was known as a reformer, for at least a year before the demonstration. The CCC also met with white students and community organizers such as Walt Palmer to draft a student bill of rights; with a draft in hand, students made plans to present their bill of rights to the Board of Education on November 17, 1967. Shedd later met with student leaders and formed an impression that only three hundred students would show up.