'Distraught,' another Monroe student leaves school over racism
MONROE — Melanie Ryan has talked to a couple dozen families of current and former students in Monroe schools over the past few weeks.
All have told Ryan, the president of the Monroe Equity Council, their stories of racism in the district.
Some residents, meanwhile, have tried to tell her racism doesn’t exist in the city.
When she hears that, Ryan responds: “Well, what is your definition of racist? Is there a quota we have to meet?”
For example, a sixth-grader at Park Place Middle School hasn’t been going to school in-person for two weeks because he was targeted with racist slurs and physical intimidation, the student’s mother, Aj Crecelius, told The Daily Herald.
The harassment of the student, who is Black, started over a month ago, she said.
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