Examples of harassment detailed in the report included frequent slurs and racist imagery, as well as a hostile environment where students racial slurs against Black students, displayed confederate flags and Nazi symbols and gave Nazi salutes.
Vermont Business Magazine The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District (EMUU) in Vermont to resolve its investigation into allegations that the district failed to adequately respond to student-on-student racial harassment.
The U.S Department of Justice and the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District have entered an agreement to improve policies and practices.
Vermont investigators concluded that students, primarily at the middle school level, faced frequent slurs and racist imagery.
A Vermont school district’s inadequate response to serious and widespread harassment of Black and biracial students has led to a
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