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Article: SCHOOLS LACKING IN MINORITY TEACHERS AREA DISTRICTS TRYING TO RECRUIT MORE.(FRONT)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- January 8, 2002
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Byline: Lee Sensenbrenner The Capital Times
VERONA -- Thelma Lindsey says her 10-year-old son has been beaten twice on the playground and ridiculed through much of the school year because he is black.
She has complained to the staff at Country View Elementary School, where her boy is enrolled, and to Verona Area School District officials. After seeing her son walk in the door after one of the fights, she also called the police.
The school district will have a meeting Thursday night for black parents with grievances, but Lindsey said she has begun to lose faith in those trying to help her.
For starters, they're all white.
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