'An investigation is not enough' | Sacramento Black leaders call for action after high school vice principal reports harassment Black leaders are calling on the Superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District to take action after a Black vice principal was the alleged victim of a racist and hateful incident this week. Their demand for change came in a news conference Friday morning, outside West Campus High School, where the reported harassment happened. On Monday, Vice Principal Dr. Elysse Versher said she arrived at her assigned parking spot to find the n-word written five times. That's after she says she was the target of online harassment last week for trying to enforce the dress code. Greater Sacramento NAACP ... Statement from Superintendent Jorge Aguilar: Today the NAACP held a press conference to express outrage over the racist incidents that occurred at West Campus. I share these feelings. The abhorrent incidents of racist graffiti and racist language used on social media are criminal acts that are under investigation by the Sacramento Police Department. Appropriate action will be taken once facts are known. We know that this heinous incident involving racist language is causing intense pain and trauma for our students, their families, and our staff. We have a need and opportunity for racial reckoning as a community, and must take steps to heal while supporting individuals who are traumatized by these anguishing events. The Sac City Unified Mental Health Crisis Team was at West Campus today and will be there next week to provide individual support to students and staff who need help processing these events. Our district is also supporting the West Campus community with resources and other supports for racial justice healing that are based on best practices for healing racial trauma. Making our schools safe and anti-racist places of learning and support for all is an ongoing process. Anti-racism efforts and racial reckoning must impact every aspect of our organization on an ongoing basis. Increasing diversity of our District staff also remains a priority for our District. As Sac City Unified works to address a teacher shortage, we continue to explore strategies to help ensure that our staff reflects the demographics of our students. The strategies include, but are not limited to, partnerships with community organizations, continued partnerships with colleges, universities and teacher preparation programs as well as targeted recruitment trips to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Continue reading... https://www.abc10.com/article/news/...ment/103-03223730-e5e9-4e16-925e-90bce80afaff Find in Internet Archives [google]'An investigation is not enough' | Sacramento Black leaders call for action after high school vice principal reports harassment[/google]
