Parents group files complaint against Olympia School District over segregation claims

Parents Defending Education (PDE), an organization built around parents’ rights in schools, filed a complaint Tuesday against the Olympia School District for creating and hosting race-segregated groups.

The complaint focuses on the school district hosting affinity groups for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) elementary students — excluding white students from joining in the process, according to the complaint.

“PDE makes this complaint as an interested third-party organization that opposes racial discrimination and political indoctrination in America’s schools,” the complaint read. “Olympia School District is using taxpayer funding to offer weekly affinity group programming during school hours for students of specific races that are not open to all students.”

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