ITHACA -- The Ithaca City School District will appeal a state order to pay $400,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit.
The school board voted Wednesday to file a petition for review of the decision by the state Human Rights Commission.
The commission ordered the district in May to pay $400,000 to Amelia Kearney and her daughter and undertake a series of reforms.
In a 2006 complaint, Kearney claimed the school district failed to act promptly and effectively to protect her daughter Epiphany, who is black.
The harassment by white students included racially abusive language, tripping, spitting, KKK signs and even threatened gun violence while she was a seventh-grader at DeWitt Middle School.
The commission ordered the district in May to pay $400,000 to Amelia Kearney and her daughter and undertake a series of reforms.
In a 2006 complaint, Kearney claimed the school district failed to act promptly and effectively to protect her daughter Epiphany, who is black.
The harassment by white students included racially abusive language, tripping, spitting, KKK signs and even threatened gun violence while she was a seventh-grader at DeWitt Middle School.
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