JUST IN: Four students of color who attended DougCo schools allege in a federal lawsuit that the district and its leaders violated their right to equal education by exhibiting “callous indifference” toward extensive racist bullying.
Four students of color who attended Douglas County schools allege in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the school district and its leaders violated their right to an equal education by exhibiting “callous indifference” toward extensive racist bullying the children experienced and reported at school.
The lawsuit claims the defendants violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects people from race-based discrimination and breached the students’ Fourteenth Amendment right to “equal protection of the laws.” “It’s important to recognize how brave these children are for stepping forward,” Halpern said. “The harm and damage done to these students for the rest of their lives shouldn’t have happened. They’re depending on school administration to keep them safe and recognize their humanity and support them… It’s a disturbing situation to see adults in the school district, including school leadership, modeling racist behavior for their student body to adopt.
But following the 2021 school board election, a new conservative majority took control of the board. The new members had run on a campaign that attacked the equity policy, suggesting that it was racist, the lawsuit said. Neveah also was routinely called racial slurs by students including “fat cotton picker,” the lawsuit said. School officials told Neveah they could not take action against the students using the slurs even after teachers vouched to overhearing them, according to the lawsuit.“I’m hoping to make it easier for everybody in Douglas County who is a minority or has been discriminated against,” Neveah told The Post in an interview this week.
All three student plaintiffs at Castle Rock Middle School reported the racist bullying they were experiencing, the lawsuit said, but only faced retaliation by students.
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