Parent and community member tells board of racial misidentification, bullying and delayed responses at Red Wing schools

A community member delivering public comment at the Red Wing Public School District board meeting alleged multiple incidents of racial misidentification, bullying and what she called inadequate responses by school staff and administration.

The commenter said a secretary called to report a sick child but insisted the district had the wrong student, describing the episode as evidence that “brown children are interchangeable” and asserting the district had shared another pupil’s identifying information on a bus report. She said other…