A lawsuit alleges a 13-year-old girl, who spoke with ABC7 earlier this month, was given a bag of cotton by a teacher to take home following a history lesson slavery.
The Oak Park District 97 school board met Tuesday night, weeks after a lawsuit alleged Black Percy Julian Middle School students were given cotton.The Oak Park District 97 school board met Tuesday night, weeks after parent Candace Ward filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the district, alleging "years-long discriminatory and harassing treatment" by teachers and administrators against her family.
"Asking that child and other children to pick or clean the cotton and to take it home, but hope that their parent won't think that they're racist," said TiShaunda McPherson, the family's attorney. But at the meeting Tuesday night, families of three other Oak Park students also alleged a pattern of discrimination and bullying.
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