Parents of Kindergarden students at a school in Larchmont, NY
are protesting because they feel that the school is practicing
segregation by grouping all of the minority Kindergarteners into
one classroom with an African American teacher. The parents took
their case to Washington, DC and informed the federal government
of the school’s practices. The parents say that they informed
the school that what they were doing was wrong, but their
concerns were ignored. The town of Larchmont is made up of 91
percent white residents so there isn’t a lot of diversity. The
parents claim of discrimination was reviewed by the Federal
Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights who found that
”minority students were disproportionately assigned to one
particular kindergarten class for two years reviewed.” The
school district has denied any wrongdoing and agreed to have the
federal government oversee race platement in the classroom for
the next two years. Some parents are now calling for other
classrooms to be investigated