It’s Black History Month; how are our schools doing with anti-racism work?
BAR HARBOR Last year, protests led by high school students in response to the death of a Black man in police custody inspired educators here to take a look at racism and initiate work focused on anti-racism.
“After this summer, no educator can deny harm has been done to our Black and brown children,” said Annah Houston, an eighth-grade English teacher at Conners Emerson School, “because we’ve heard from them.”
Nearly a third of the staff at the Bar Harbor elementary and middle school is participating in the Educators Against Racism group that has met weekly since June 2020. Houston and first-grade teacher Rachel Singh facilitate the meetings.