Federal court rejects Mississippi student’s racial bias suit

Lawyer for Olecia James says the decision demonstrates “no expectation” that school districts “have to follow their own handbooks

A lawsuit alleging a school district in a small Mississippi Delta town discriminated against a Black student and stripped her of an academic award has been dismissed by a panel of federal judges.

Olecia James filed the federal lawsuit in 2019 against the Cleveland School District, claiming officials prevented her from becoming class salutatorian because they “feared white flight,” according to the  today!

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