No bias found in lunchtime detention Camden students made to eat off paper mats on the floor was called "unacceptable" in a report.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, May, 2008 by Rita Giordano Inquirer Staff Writer
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State education investigators have ruled that the Camden bilingual students who were made to sit on a gym floor and eat off paper mats during lunchtime detention were not victims of discrimination but rather of "an unacceptable and demeaning practice that placed the students at risk," according to a newly released examination report.
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The report, issued this week by the education department's Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance, directs the Camden City School District to submit a corrective action plan to ensure students eat in "an appropriate dining environment." However, the report leaves open the possibility of action against Theresa Brown, the former Sumner School vice principal who children in a bilingual fifth-grade class claimed punished them by making them eat on the floor without trays, as well as against former acting principal Alex DeFlavis. DeFlavis retired in March when the allegations regarding the discipline became public. The compliance office ...
