That data cover students’ academic achievement, attendance records, disciplinary history and access to accelerated courses and extracurriculars. The results, which were presented to the school board on March 22, included data schools gather during a standard school year, said Brian Bannen, Fourteenth Street School principal and the department’s McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act liaison. Their reports, which an outside investigation later confirmed, included white students calling them the N-word and defending slavery and white supremacy in class discussions. The 40-member advisory committee formed in 2020 after several Black students reported experiencing racism at Bangor High School. The survey and research, which aimed to reveal disparities among students and educators of different backgrounds, was one of several recommendations the school department’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee presented to the school board in May 2022. “It’s ongoing work and I think it needs to be constant if we’re going to make a difference.”
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“What I’m hearing from principals and teachers is that they feel they have had some good, hard and honest conversations about the practices we’re doing … what we’re missing and how to do better to reach more of our students,” Tager said.
The department’s self-examination into policies and practices comes after students reported how they experienced racism in Bangor schools.
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