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above um water fountains in rooms but it s the same thing. reporter: atlanta public schools investigated the posy s 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 actions it took against the school. telling cnn, they do not share details of personnel decisions. brisco, 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 posy. some race-relations experts believe that grouping students by race actually could create a healthie
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.
school year began. like seven-year-old george gomez. so go ahead, take a deep breathe. and let it out. reporter: the nervous second grader has not been inside a classroom since kindergarten, after more than a year of remote learning. nice to meet you. reporter: his mom finally decided to enroll him, after a doctor convinced her. what kept you from putting the kids back in school? i kind of like was scared and concerned, because none of us had a covid shot at all. so we all got our shot. reporter: do you feel safer now? yes. reporter: sarah popek is the school s principal. we do have some students who are not back because their parents are concerned. this zip code in particular was hit very hard with covid. reporter: across town at orr middle school, empty desks are constant reminders of classmates who vanished. the campus normally holds up to 1,200 students. this year, only 871 were expected. and how many showed up the first day of school? basically 400 didn t sho
vandalism but also multiple things were stolen according to the school s principal, including copper piping that was ripped out of the walls. translator: it s anger, helplessness, sadness, because we say if it is people from around here doing this, it s their own school they re taking from. everything we have is for them and also we feel helpless because it s the authorities that never solve the crimes. reporter: according to a report from next cano s premeiros a non-profit here, neither 10,000 schools suffered vandalism or burglaries since the start of the pandemic through now. we spoke to a principal in tabasco, thieves stole air conditioner units to sinks to piping. the school has no running water, which means it can t start back up. the principal didn t want to give the name of the school because of fears of fired and