Chicago Public Schools Approves $300,000 for Family of Girl Who Endured Years of Racist Bullying

Chicago Public Schools approves $300,000 for family of girl who endured years of racist bullying

The mother of a Black student who endured racist bullying for more than two years is set to receive a $300,000 settlement from Chicago Public Schools.

CPS approves $300,000 for family of girl who endured years of racist bullying – Chicago Sun-Times – Wirepoints

Hundreds of pages of school incident reports filled out by Wildwood IB World Magnet School staff and emails from educators showed the girl was subjected to repeated racial slurs, body-shaming, encouragement to kill herself and, in one case, touching “in places I don’t want to be touched.” She told school employees four times in fifth grade that she had suicidal thoughts.

CPS approves $300,000 for family of girl who endured years of racist bullying

The Board of Education unanimously voted to approve the payment Thursday, more than a year after the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ published an investigation into the incessant bullying of the middle school girl and failures by the school administration to curb it.