ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – A community member who lives in the Twin Cities said he filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights on Tuesday after seeing a parent’s concern online over a field trip at a St. Paul Public Schools High School that allegedly restricted participated.
Residents question legality of excluding some students from school activities
The field trip: — The incident in question was a field trip planned for some students at Highland Park Senior High School to a Minneapolis marketing agency that was supposed to take place Thursday. The field trip description said it was open to 11th and 12th graders who “identify as a student of color.”
The concern: — Mark Perry, a retired university professor, said over the past five years or so, he has filed nearly 1,000 complaints for alleged discrimination at universities, colleges, and schools that receive federal funding across the country.
Perry said his complaints focus on alleged violations of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. And in this case, he alleges a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin.…