Parents, local activists urge board to allow transfer after student reports racial harassment at Maine South

Speakers during public comment urged the District 207 Board of Education to approve an intra‑district transfer for a student who says she experienced repeated racial harassment at Maine South High School. Carol Hill, senior minister at Park Ridge Community Church and a parent, told the board the district’s equity statement should include mechanisms for exceptions when a student is not being served safely at the school to which they are zoned. “I believe that Jocelyn deserves and should have a quality, robust high school experience in a school where she can feel safe,” Hill said during public comment. The student at the center of the request, Jocelyn Winn, spoke to the board. “I’ve been called a monkey in the hallway,” she said. “I’ve heard the n‑word…