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Complaint Sparks Investigation Of IL School District For Discriminatory Practices
Rachel Barnes
May 2, 2025

..This is the second OCR complaint filed by Stacy Deemar, a white drama teacher who works at Nichols Middle School in Evanston. According to her complaint, the school district engages in racial segregation and stereotyping though practices like “privilege walks” and District-sponsored affinity groups. “The policies and practices to which the District allegedly subjects students and teachers shocks the conscience. Amid a dismal academic achievement record, the District appears to focus on unlawfully segregating students by race, instructing students to step forward and others to step back on the basis of race, and associating ‘whiteness’ with the devil. If true, how is this conceivable in America today?” READ MORE