Hear Cancel the Contract education justice organizer Raquel Derfler and Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS) attorney Chelsea Helena speak out on KPFK radio about the legal action filed with Equal Justice Society in May to stop the Antelope Valley Union High School District’s discriminatory suspensions and expulsions of Black students and students with disabilities. As Raquel and Chelsea lay outContinue reading “EJS Allies Interview with KPFK Radio on Antelope Valley Schools Lawsuit”
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Lawsuit: Black and Disabled Students Suffer Discrimination & Banishment in Antelope Valley
In the Antelope Valley, Black students and students with disabilities are systematically neglected, punished and criminalized under a locally-sanctioned system of discipline that violates state and federal laws and denies them their right to an education. Now those students and their families are suing the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) and asking theContinue reading “Lawsuit: Black and Disabled Students Suffer Discrimination & Banishment in Antelope Valley”
Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability
Sacramento, Calif. — A group of plaintiffs that includes the Black Parallel School Board and several individual students has reached a settlement agreement with the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) in a lawsuit that challenged the district’s longstanding harmful practices of excluding and segregating students with disabilities, particularly Black students with disabilities. The settlementContinue reading “Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability”