A family has filed a legal claim against Upland Unified School District, alleging that their three children were targeted with racist drawings and abuse by other students at the elementary school.
at Pepper Tree Elementary School sparked outrage from parents.
Upland Unified School District officials declined to comment Tuesday but previously condemned the allegations in aUpland school board president Sherman Garnett acknowledged in the video that “racially insensitive, unacceptable incidents” had occurred. The Upland Unified School District “will implement disciplinary action in these situations without hesitation,” Garnett said, though he didn’t elaborate.
One of the Douglas children was accused of “bringing a weapon to school for the purposes of attacking teachers,” but he had actually brought his Agate rock collection, the parents alleged.
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