Racist comments at high school sports events lead to effort to ‘repair the harm’

Montgomery County school officials will bring together students and staff from two high schools Monday to begin meetings to “repair the harm” after racial slurs were made toward Asian students at two recent sports events.

Sherwood High School spectators are accused of directing the demeaning remarks at students from Einstein High, a more diverse, less affluent school in the suburban Kensington area.

Sherwood’s principal said in a letter to the Einstein community that his school would investigate the incidents — which have touched off parent complaints and social media posts — and that there would be “serious consequences” for those responsible.

Sherwood Principal Tim Britton said the two schools also would hold a dialogue among students and staff to “better understand the pain and hurt these actions have caused” as Sherwood separately engages in “reflective and restorative practices within our own school community … to examine our school culture and how we are perceived within and outside of our community.”..

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