A North Carolina school board voted unanimously Monday to approve an action plan after reported racial bullying in the district, including a student-organized mock auction of Black students.
Highlights
- A group of parents and community members had called on the Chatham County School District to make changes after several reported racial bullying instances at schools in the district.
- Ashley Palmer said her Black son told her that some of his classmates were sold in a mock slave auction at J.S.
- Waters School, which serves grades K-8.
- She wrote that students also sang the n-word, and that students involved in the auction received a one-day suspension.
- She alleges her son was assaulted by a classmate and has faced “continuous harassment” at the school since he reported the incident, she wrote in a Facebook post March 4.
- The board voted unanimously Monday to approve an action plan.