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Lawsuit: Black students on Monta Vista High 'Kill List'
CUPERTINO — The parent of a black student at Monta Vista High School has filed a lawsuit against the Fremont Union High School District, alleging the district failed to take proper disciplinary action against several students who created a “kill list” targeting black students, including her own child.
An attorney for the family said administrators failed to disclose the list to black students or to law enforcement authorities when the social media posts first surfaced in September, which the district contends. The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara Superior Court, also claims the district violated federal and state civil rights claims and state education codes by failing to prevent discrimination against black students and failing to enforce anti-bullying policies.
“The students themselves had no idea that their lives were being threatened,” said community activist Walter Wilson during a press conference Tuesday in San Jose. “The parents had no idea they were sending their kids to school in what they thought was a safe environment, which clearly it was not or may not have been.”
The alleged “kill list,” which was created by 6 to 10 non-black students and shared on Instagram and Snapchat, according to activists and the teen’s attorney, included intentions to “shoot and kill all black students at the high school.” It referred to black students with a racial slur and also included misogynistic comments toward female students.
District and sheriff’s officials did not say whether the offensive list appeared to be a legitimate threat to harm students or an inappropriate attempt at humor. But the activists said they were treating it as a serious threat and likened it to the antisocial ramblings of two students who massacred their classmates in 1999 at Colorado’s Columbine High School.
“This is not a joke,” said Richard Richardson, the girl’s attorney. “This is a credible threat that almost rises to the level of being a criminal threat.”
Community leaders allege the incident points to a culture of discrimination toward black students at the school, of which there are only five — about 0.2 percent of the student body — according to data provided by the district. About 1,831 or about 78.4 percent of the student body are Asian; 335 or 14.4 percent are white; 75 students or 3.2 percent are two races or more and 68 or 2.9 percent are Latino.
It’s one of the latest racially-charged incidents to surface at schools across the Bay Area and beyond, prompting some parents and advocates to question whether school administrators are doing enough to provide a safe learning environment for their kids, free of discrimination.
CUPERTINO — The parent of a black student at Monta Vista High School has filed a lawsuit against the Fremont Union High School District, alleging the district failed to take proper disciplinary action against several students who created a “kill list” targeting black students, including her own child.
An attorney for the family said administrators failed to disclose the list to black students or to law enforcement authorities when the social media posts first surfaced in September, which the district contends. The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara Superior Court, also claims the district violated federal and state civil rights claims and state education codes by failing to prevent discrimination against black students and failing to enforce anti-bullying policies.
“The students themselves had no idea that their lives were being threatened,” said community activist Walter Wilson during a press conference Tuesday in San Jose. “The parents had no idea they were sending their kids to school in what they thought was a safe environment, which clearly it was not or may not have been.”
The alleged “kill list,” which was created by 6 to 10 non-black students and shared on Instagram and Snapchat, according to activists and the teen’s attorney, included intentions to “shoot and kill all black students at the high school.” It referred to black students with a racial slur and also included misogynistic comments toward female students.
District and sheriff’s officials did not say whether the offensive list appeared to be a legitimate threat to harm students or an inappropriate attempt at humor. But the activists said they were treating it as a serious threat and likened it to the antisocial ramblings of two students who massacred their classmates in 1999 at Colorado’s Columbine High School.
“This is not a joke,” said Richard Richardson, the girl’s attorney. “This is a credible threat that almost rises to the level of being a criminal threat.”
Community leaders allege the incident points to a culture of discrimination toward black students at the school, of which there are only five — about 0.2 percent of the student body — according to data provided by the district. About 1,831 or about 78.4 percent of the student body are Asian; 335 or 14.4 percent are white; 75 students or 3.2 percent are two races or more and 68 or 2.9 percent are Latino.
It’s one of the latest racially-charged incidents to surface at schools across the Bay Area and beyond, prompting some parents and advocates to question whether school administrators are doing enough to provide a safe learning environment for their kids, free of discrimination.
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