The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) filed a federal civil rights complaint Wednesday against Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), alleging the district allowed Jewish students to face “egregious and persistent discrimination and harassment” and failed to address numerous antisemitic incidents.
The Title VI complaint, submitted to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, claims the district knowingly permitted a hostile environment for Jewish students. The ADL, represented by Covington & Burling LLP, filed the complaint on behalf of Jewish parents whose children attend schools in the district.
“This is not something that students coming into their sixth-grade classes, seventh-grade classes, eighth-grade classes, high school classes should have to face as they’re trying to learn and trying to grow and be part of their school environment,” said Corena Larimer, with the Anti-Defamation League…