“If you identify as White, and need help to process recent events, please know I’m here for you as well as your guidance counselors,” the notice said. “If you need to know why this is not for White students, please ask me!”
The post referenced the March 16 shootings at Atlanta-area spas that left eight dead, including six women of Asian descent.
The district defended the use of such race-based “affinity spaces” in what the complaint identified as a March 19 email from the superintendent; the director of diversity, equity and inclusion; and two principals.
“The goal was to provide a safe space in which students and staff could reflect, share, and be supported as members of our school district,” the message said. “At the same time, we can also understand the discomfort that some members of our community have shared when learning of a practice that they perceived to be discriminatory. It’s important to note that affinity spaces are not discriminatory.”
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On May 13, 2021, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights published a
Q&A on Civil Rights and School Reopening in the COVID-19 Environment. The document is aimed at “helping schools reopen safely and in ways that support equity among students” and addresses obligations under Section 504 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability), Title VI (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin), and Title IX (prohibiting discrimination based on sex). In the disability section, most of the answers repeat or expand on prior guidance from the Department. And on the one question where we are anticipating new guidance, the answer: keep anticipating. “The Department is aware of important questions regarding compensatory services for students with disabilities and plans to address those in a separate guidance document.” A brief summary of the other answers follows.
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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths as of this morning: Monday,
581,754; Tuesday, 582,153; Wednesday, 582,848; Thursday, 583,685; Friday, 584,487.
At long last, the masks can come off.
Fully vaccinated individuals meaning those who are 14 days clear of their last dose of the vaccine may resume going about their lives as normal and without any restrictions, including not having to wear masks indoors, according to new guidelines laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday.