throughout the schools, but also apparently the manner in the segregation in which they are being taught. kayleigh: it reckons back to america s darkest days, and good for that mother, kyla posey for standing up firmly against that. just ahead, the doj facing meijer s currency after the fed rated project veritas founder james o keith department for reasons that are still unclear. even the liberal aclu is speaking out. that s next. i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.
black children. even the complainant herself has said that briscoe supposedly admitted to doing it to build community and so that no one black child is isolated in a classroom. reporter: but the poseys say the principal violated the civil rights act of 1964 in using race to designate classes for black students. posey also alleges an afterschool program she ran at the school was threatened to be cut in retaliation for her complaint. a senior attorney for the naacp legal defense fund believes they have a case, even if the principal says she was trying to do the right thing. the concerns about one s child being the lonely only are sincerely felt concerns. but be that as it may, the law is what it is and does not permit children to be assigned to classrooms based on race. reporter: in a statement to cnn, briscoe s attorney said she was extremely concerned about the recent allegations of
like i don t understand. we have those? reporter: of the six total second grade classes at the atlanta public school, kyla posey says she was told by principal briscoe that black students, including posey s daughter, would only have a choice between two of the classes. in july, she and her husband, who works as the school psychologist, filed a federal complaint with the department of education. it may not be your 1950s segregation where you have signs above water fountains and rooms, but it s the same thing. reporter: atlanta public schools investigated the poseys claim saying in a written statement that atlanta public schools does not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. as such, the district conducted a review concerning allegations of this conduct at mary lynn elementary school. at the conclusion of the review, appropriate actions were taken to address the issue, and the matter was closed. a spokesman for aps would not disclose the specifics of the a
school, telling cnn they do not share details of personnel decisions. briscoe, who is black, remains the school s principal. and i asked her why was she doing it, and she said because she was building community and that s what she was doing. and i kept telling her that she was wrong. reporter: not everybody agrees with posey. some race relations experts believe that grouping students by race actually could create a healthier environment in classrooms. to be able to have that community inside your classroom can be comforting. reporter: clinical psychologist kyra banks says there is psychological research supporting the idea of critical mass in the classroom for minority groups, especially at a school like mary lynn, where black students make up an estimated 10% of the 599 students. now, to frame those classes as the black classes, that, i think, is problematic in the sense of how you frame it and how you articulate the intention and why it s happening.
harris: a black atlanta mom is ripping her daughter s elementary school by seeing grey gaghts students by race. black and white students taught in separate classrooms. kyla posey who filed a federal complaint against maryland elementary school claims the principal seen here told her that she put the practice in place because she thought it was in the best interest of students. joe concha, this principal said that she did it based on what she thought the kids would need. services that white children would need and services that black children would need in separate classrooms. what do you make of it? joe: i make of it, again, i have children and i m horrified when i hear stories like this, a white child can have needs just