How to File A Complaint

The most common question that we have received for the past three days since going public with our stories is “How do I file a complaint against Henrico County Public Schools?”  You have several options, but you can also file with more than one agency.  These agencies are:The Virginia Department of Education (VADOE), The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR),  The NAACP, The ACLU are just a few.  We have emailed and faxed copies of the complaint forms to those that have requested them.  More complaints have been filed with the Office of Civil Rights.  The VADOE and OCR can be used by parents of students with special needs.  Keep on putting the pressure on Henrico until they do what is right not only for our students with special needs, not only for our children that are African-American, but for all of our children and those that REALLY work for what is best for them.We received confirmation from two more parent groups and many others are on the phone calling across the country to share what is going on in order to have emails and phone calls made to the school board so that these injustices can be stopped!  Keep going!  It is like the Civil Rights Era all over again as one grandmother said during our meeting tonight.  Another parent commented on how none of us thought that we would be here, with our children and educators being subjected to the same injustices as were the children and educators subjected to over fifty years ago in Henrico.  Times have NOT changed. We will see you at the next school board meeting on Thursday at 7pm!  We know, WE GOT NERVE!   We would like to send a special “Thank You!” to Ms. Jackson with the Legal Aid Justice Center for their support of OUR children and educators.  She has committed to spreading the word, let’s all do the same!