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Millbury schools to revise harassment policies under settlement with two sisters
Two Black students who alleged months of racist harassment at Millbury Memorial Junior/Senior High School have reached a civil rights settlement with the district. The agreement calls for policy changes and compensation, while the district has not admitted wrongdoing.
MILLBURY, Mass. — Millbury Public Schools has agreed to revise its policies for addressing identity-based harassment and compensate the family of two Black sisters who said they endured months of racial taunts, mockery and threats from white classmates at Millbury Memorial Junior/Senior High School.
Lawyers for Civil Rights, the Boston-based group representing the family, and a school official confirmed the settlement Monday, Oct. 26. The amount of compensation was not disclosed.
The sisters’ civil rights complaint alleged that school administrators sided with the white students accused of harassing them. Under the agreement, the district must address policy gaps that the advocacy group says allowed identity-based harassment to persist.
Superintendent officials said the district did not admit to wrongdoing as part of the settlement. The terms announced include policy changes and compensation; no further details about the revisions were provided in the available information.