June 23, 2021
500 Barlow Students and Alumni sign and send a petition along with a 52-page document titled “Action Steps and Curriculum Guide: Addressing Systemic Racism at Joel Barlow High School” to Superintendent McMorran, the Barlow Head of School and the ER9 Board of Education.
The petition demanded, among many other things that Er9 to “Create a Social Justice Task Force to implement and build upon the suggestions included within this proposal”.
The petition also stated: “A note about this proposal: privilege, racism, and oppression exist. That is an undeniable fact.”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xamHj0O1tTRnPv4Mu5PLx6mfWXmueYwzIWqYQElkRE8/edit