 TN School Officials Told To Falsify Student Disciplinary Codes To Avoid Red FlagsAn email obtained by WTVF in Nashville, Tennesee shows that school officials were instructed to falsify student disciplinary codes, in order to avoid a federal investigation.Nashville s Metro School System has long been under scrutiny from the federal government for a disparity in student suspensions. While Black students account for less than half of the district s student body, more than 70 percent of students suspended in the district are African-American.In 2014 the school district implemented a new set of disciplinary codes. The codes were supposed to help the district minimize disparities by outlining various student behaviors, along with appropriate punishment for each.According to WTVF:The email surfaced after the principal at Nashville s Hunters Lane High School was questioned about her handling of disciplinary data involving one student.That principal, Susan Kessler, fired back with email evidence about what she called a  common practice  involving a district official who s in charge of monitoring student discipline.A copy of the email, which was sent to Kessler by Bruce Curtis, the district s Director of School Discipline, shows that Curtis instructed school officials to change student disciplinary codes  in order to keep the school out of a possible OCR complaint. Here s a screencap of the email, published by WTVF here.Image credit: WTVFThe school district has been involved in numerous OCR (Office of Civil Rights) complaints before. The email suggests that rather than addressing the underlying issues of racial disparity within the school system, officials are falsifying data to make it look as though the district is improving, when really it is not.The release of the email has rightly outraged parents and civil rights leaders.Larry Woods, a civil rights attorney who has brought previous suits against the school district, told WTVF he believes: The clear intent of the memo, of the email, is let s avoid an Office of Civil Rights investigation. Let s cover it up so we won t get into trouble when OCR   Office of Civil Rights investigates us. Instead of expressing concern about what s best for students, the email shows school officials are not only willing to allow students to be suspended for minor infractions, they re also willing to make those infractions seem more serious than they were, in order to cover their own asses.This email alone should be cause for the Office of Civil Rights to begin a new investigation into Metro Nashville Schools.As it stands, we can only wonder how many students have been suspended without justification and how many suspension codes have been changed to cover up the fact that the school district is just as racist as ever.Image credit: Nashville Public SchoolsNews
tn school officials told to falsely student disciplinary codes to avoid red flags email obtained wtf nashville tennessee shows school officials instructed falsely student disciplinary codes order avoid federal metro school system long scrutiny federal government disparity student suspensions while black students account less half district student body percent students suspended district school district implemented new set disciplinary codes the codes supposed help district minimize disparities outlining various student behaviors along appropriate punishment wtf the email surfaced principal nashville hunters lane high school questioned handling disciplinary data involving one principal susan lesser fired back email evidence called common practice involving district official charge monitoring student copy email sent lesser bruce curtis district director school discipline shows curtis instructed school officials change student disciplinary codes order keep school possible ocr complaint here screencap email published wtf credit wtvfthe school district involved numerous ocr office civil rights complaints the email suggests rather addressing underlying issues racial disparity within school system officials falsifying data make look though district improving really release email rightly outraged parents civil rights woods civil rights attorney brought previous suits school district told wtf believes the clear intent memo email let avoid office civil rights investigation let cover get trouble ocr office civil rights investigates us instead expressing concern best students email shows school officials willing allow students suspended minor infractions also willing make infractions seem serious order cover email alone cause office civil rights begin new investigation metro nashville stands wonder many students suspended without justification many suspension codes changed cover fact school district racist credit nashville public schoolsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  TN School Officials Told To Falsify Student Disciplinary Codes To Avoid Red FlagsAn email obtained by WTVF in Nashville, Tennesee shows that school officials were instructed to falsify student disciplinary codes, in order to avoid a federal investigation.Nashville s Metro School System has long been under scrutiny from the federal government for a disparity in student suspensions. While Black students account for less than half of the district s student body, more than 70 percent of students suspended in the district are African-American.In 2014 the school district implemented a new set of disciplinary codes. The codes were supposed to help the district minimize disparities by outlining various student behaviors, along with appropriate punishment for each.According to WTVF:The email surfaced after the principal at Nashville s Hunters Lane High School was questioned about her handling of disciplinary data involving one student.That principal, Susan Kessler, fired back with email evidence about what she called a  common practice  involving a district official who s in charge of monitoring student discipline.A copy of the email, which was sent to Kessler by Bruce Curtis, the district s Director of School Discipline, shows that Curtis instructed school officials to change student disciplinary codes  in order to keep the school out of a possible OCR complaint. Here s a screencap of the email, published by WTVF here.Image credit: WTVFThe school district has been involved in numerous OCR (Office of Civil Rights) complaints before. The email suggests that rather than addressing the underlying issues of racial disparity within the school system, officials are falsifying data to make it look as though the district is improving, when really it is not.The release of the email has rightly outraged parents and civil rights leaders.Larry Woods, a civil rights attorney who has brought previous suits against the school district, told WTVF he believes: The clear intent of the memo, of the email, is let s avoid an Office of Civil Rights investigation. Let s cover it up so we won t get into trouble when OCR   Office of Civil Rights investigates us. Instead of expressing concern about what s best for students, the email shows school officials are not only willing to allow students to be suspended for minor infractions, they re also willing to make those infractions seem more serious than they were, in order to cover their own asses.This email alone should be cause for the Office of Civil Rights to begin a new investigation into Metro Nashville Schools.As it stands, we can only wonder how many students have been suspended without justification and how many suspension codes have been changed to cover up the fact that the school district is just as racist as ever.Image credit: Nashville Public SchoolsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: tn school officials told to falsely student disciplinary codes to avoid red flags email obtained wtf nashville tennessee shows school officials instructed falsely student disciplinary codes order avoid federal metro school system long scrutiny federal government disparity student suspensions while black students account less half district student body percent students suspended district school district implemented new set disciplinary codes the codes supposed help district minimize disparities outlining various student behaviors along appropriate punishment wtf the email surfaced principal nashville hunters lane high school questioned handling disciplinary data involving one principal susan lesser fired back email evidence called common practice involving district official charge monitoring student copy email sent lesser bruce curtis district director school discipline shows curtis instructed school officials change student disciplinary codes order keep school possible ocr complaint here screencap email published wtf credit wtvfthe school district involved numerous ocr office civil rights complaints the email suggests rather addressing underlying issues racial disparity within school system officials falsifying data make look though district improving really release email rightly outraged parents civil rights woods civil rights attorney brought previous suits school district told wtf believes the clear intent memo email let avoid office civil rights investigation let cover get trouble ocr office civil rights investigates us instead expressing concern best students email shows school officials willing allow students suspended minor infractions also willing make infractions seem serious order cover email alone cause office civil rights begin new investigation metro nashville stands wonder many students suspended without justification many suspension codes changed cover fact school district racist credit nashville public schoolsnews