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Parent tells Vermillion School Board son was excluded from native honoring events, urges district action
Summary
A Vermillion parent alleged her son was excluded from native honoring ceremonies in 2022 and 2025, described harassment at graduation and said the district failed to fully disclose related events; she asked the board to acknowledge the incidents and prevent recurrence.
Renee Halper, a parent and community member, told the Vermillion School District 13-1 Board of Education on June 9 that her son was excluded from native honoring events in 2022 and again in 2025 and asked the board to acknowledge the incidents and act to ensure other native students are not similarly treated.
Halper said district leaders acknowledged the 2022 omission but that the same staff member involved in that oversight took part in the 2025 event, which she described as a repeated pattern of exclusion and retaliation. "No child or family should ever be treated this way," Halper said during public comment.
The complaint described a sequence of phone calls and messages in the week before the…
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