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Speakers urge Lincoln County Schools to publicly show enforcement after racial slur video
Summary
Two community leaders told the Lincoln County Schools board on Sept. 2 that the district must demonstrate whether and how its anti-harassment policies were enforced after a viral video showing racial slurs against a student.
At the Lincoln County Schools Board of Education meeting on Sept. 2, two community speakers pressed district leaders to publicly confirm whether they enforced district anti-harassment rules after a viral video showed a student being targeted with racial slurs.
Reverend Kino Kennedy, pastor of Poplar Springs AME Zion Church, told the board the episode "has caused great harm" and said the public is entitled to know whether the district followed its own policies. "The community is not asking for confidential details of student discipline. All we're asking is whether Lincoln County Schools will…
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