{"id":730,"date":"2022-12-12T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/?p=730"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:46:46","slug":"families-at-lubbock-cooper-isd-slaton-isd-file-complaints-of-civil-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/news\/families-at-lubbock-cooper-isd-slaton-isd-file-complaints-of-civil-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Families at Lubbock-Cooper ISD, Slaton ISD file complaints of civil rights violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Caitlyn Rooney<\/a> from everythinglubbock.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students and families of the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District and Slaton ISD, along with the Lubbock NAACP and the Intercultural Development Research Association filed civil right complaints against the school districts. The violation claims were submitted Monday to the US Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Paige Duggins Clay, Chief Legal Analyst for non-profit civil rights organization IDRA, the complaints were for \u201cCivil Rights alleging violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the written complaints, some concerned residents attended a Monday evening Lubbock-Cooper ISD school meeting to speak during the time set aside for public comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both complaints referenced a Disciplinary Alternative Educational Program where students had to change into an \u201corange jumpsuit\u201d and were \u201cforced to endure other students in DAEP hurling racial slurs on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Slaton ISD complaint stated that \u201ca Black Jewish girl with a disability\u2014on track to be valedictorian of her senior class\u2014was later sent to DAEP for 45 days after being forced to defend herself against a white boy who repeatedly called her the \u201cN word,\u201d despite her and other students\u2019 pleas for him to stop.\u201d According to the complaint, Black students at Slaton High School were \u201cdaily subjected to their non-Black peers using the \u201cN word\u201d and other racial slurs, bullying, and harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complaint said school employees responded to student complaints by \u201csuggesting they should ignore the harassment, because \u201cit\u2019s just a word.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the complaint, Slaton ISD released a statement to EverythingLubbock.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slaton Independent School District\u2019s Board of Trustees and Administrators take very seriously the prevention of racial discrimination and racial harassment in the district. Slaton ISD has a zero tolerance for racism in any form and, once notified of such, take immediate action with discipline or increasing discipline to stop any such inappropriate actions. Likewise, Slaton ISD Trustees and Administrators take seriously the safety of all students, thoroughly investigating each incident with appropriate consequences. Slaton ISD is working diligently to prevent all forms of discrimination and harassment and will continue to do so.<\/p>\nJIM ANDRUS, SLATON ISD SUPERINTENDENT<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A complaint against Lubbock-Cooper ISD said white students played \u201csounds of cracking whips\u201d on their phones as Black Students walked through the halls of Laura Bush Middle School. The complaint also said Black students were subjected to racial slurs and told to \u201cgo pick cotton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Racial bullying and harassment led to physical fights and acts of violence against Black students, according to the complaint against Lubbock-Cooper ISD. The complaint said during some instances, white students followed Black students to bathrooms, extracurricular activities and even their homes. According to the complaint, despite \u201cclear evidence\u201d of racial harassment, \u201cadministrators only brought discipline against the Black students involved in fights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complaint against Lubbock-Cooper ISD alleged that Assistant Principal Lance Lewis \u201cdirectly asked one of the Black students if they \u2018picked cotton\u2019 after the student reported that white students told him to pick cotton.\u201d On another occasion, the complaint said Lewis told a Black student that the school \u2018already had to deal with these [N-word] situations this year.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complaint also referenced a derogatory Instagram page<\/a> that contained the LCP logo, as EverythingLubbock.com reported in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Complainants are seeking \u201caccountability\u201d along with \u201cmeasures to ensure that no child is forced to endure a racist learning environment in Lubbock again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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