A settlement agreement has been reached with a school district in Lamoille County following an investigation into allegations that the district failed to respond to instances of racial harassment among students.

The U.S. Department of Justice says a Vermont school district failed to adequately respond to serious and widespread harassment of Black and biracial students.

Vermont Business Magazine The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District (EMUU) in Vermont to resolve its investigation into allegations that the district failed to adequately respond to student-on-student racial harassment.

the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The department’s Civil Rights Division and the Vermont U.S. attorney’s office began investigating the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School ...

Examples of harassment detailed in the report included frequent slurs and racist imagery, as well as a hostile environment where students racial slurs against Black students, displayed confederate flags and Nazi symbols and gave Nazi salutes.

It is standard for a United States Attorney to resign ahead of the inauguration for a president of the opposing party. Once he is inaugurated, President-Elect Trump will choose his own nominee for the role.

The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District in Vermont to resolve allegations of racial harassment against Black and biracial students.

Prior to becoming United States Attorney, Kerest served as an Assistant United States Attorney in both the criminal and civil divisions for eleven years, including 4.5 years as the Chief of the office’s civil division. Kerest stated, “Representing the ...

racist hostility and its utter annihilation of a thriving Black community,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. "We issue this ...

The lengthy Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation centered ... issues and safeguarding against violations of the United States Constitution. “The rule of law must be followed ...

Vermont’s child welfare agency used baseless allegations to secretly investigate a pregnant woman and win custody of her daughter before the baby's birth, according to a lawsuit.

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a bittersweet moment.'