Bronx Students Protesting for Change Declare Victory After Three-Day Lockout
Style Magazine Newswire | 3/22/2019, 1:06 p.m.
According to bronx.news12.com, after days of students protesting for change at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Bronx, NY, their lockout of administration has ended in victory. Nearly 90 students took part in the lockout, and some even slept at the school. Thirty students negotiated with board members and school administrators – alongside alumni mediators who were involved in a similar push for equality at the school almost 50 years ago. The campaign for change was launched at Fieldston after a video surfaced recently showing students engaging in racist and hateful behavior a few years back. The Board of Trustees signed off on 16 long-term improvements put forth by members of the “Students of Color Matter” movement. One of their demands for the administration was establishing a new system to report bias.