private school choose intend to send them here in large part, they say, because of sharon briscoe. a progressive principal but it s her alleged conversation about race-based placement practices that are now the focus of a civil rights complaint. and she then informed me that wasn t the black class. she said that wasn t the black class? that is correct. how did you react to that? just a pit was in my stomach. i was like what do you mean? like, i don t understand. we have those? of the six total second grade classes at the atlanta public school, kyla posy says she was told by the principal that black students, including posy 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
should race be a factor when determining in which classroom a child should be placed? well, that sounds like a question that hearkens back to segregation. in fact, it s at the center of an ongoing controversy at a public school in atlanta. and for black parents, the answer is yes. some black parents. the story tonight from cnn s nick valencia. reporter: mary lynn elementary is located in a predominantly white choose instead to send them here in large part, they say, because of sharon briscoe, a progressive principal whom parents lobbied for years to hire. but it s briscoe s alleged conversation about race-based class placement practices that are now the focus of a civil rights complaint. and she then informed me that that wasn t the black class. she said that wasn t the black class? that is correct. how did you react to that? i just a pit was in my stomach. i was like, what do you mean?