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Parents and teachers press board on supervision, reporting and racial discipline gaps
Summary
During public comment, multiple parents and advocates urged the board to strengthen supervision policies, incident reporting, and equity measures after allegations a young child was harmed and broader concerns about discipline disparities affecting Black and Brown students.
Several parents, teachers and advocates used the public-comment period at the Nov. 21 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board meeting to press the district for clearer supervision policies, better incident reporting and measures to address racial disparities in discipline.
Betty Curry, a longtime community member, cited research linking implicit bias to wide discipline gaps and asked the board to require assessments for administrators and educators and to recruit more Black educators and administrators. “It is an injustice to witness the unfairness and do nothing about it,” she said.
Two parents described…
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