The district has not responded, but two community groups on Tuesday called on Carroll ISD to resolve discrimination complaints going back several years.
Community activists say the U.S. Department of Education upheld complaints of civil rights violations against Carroll ISD in Southlake .Pro football legend Russell Maryland is among the community advocates who say they were notified that U.S. Department of Education investigators upheld four civil rights complaints against Carroll ISD — in particular with students who are "Black, brown and queer." "This was a three-year investigation that was independent," he said.
The complaints go back years from students who have since moved on, like 2016 graduate Anya Kushwaha, who founded SARC."Growing up in the district as a queer, mixed-race student of color, I experienced such severe discrimination that now nearly a decade after graduating, I remain devoted to transforming the culture of the school district that raised me so no child has to endure what I did," she said.
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