Keisha Taylor said her 14-year-old son had just won a 200m race at Wayland’s high school when one of the Sudbury runners used a slur while addressing him and other Black athletes.
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Perhaps Wayland wanted to be a more inclusive town when it hired Omar Easy, a Black man, as superintendent of schools, but possibly the town wasn’t ready.
A series of controversies has erupted since Omar Easy, a former NFL player and Everett school administrator, became the first Black school superintendent in Wayland a year and a half ago.
In their complaint, Everett's top school officials allege “blatant and overt acts of discrimination and retaliation” by Everett’s mayor, Carlo DeMaria, and his allies in city government. DeMaria disputes the charges.