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 Department of Justice and the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District have entered an agreement to improve policies and practices.

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.

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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.

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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 ...

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