Richmond, VA, High School principal to apologize to Latino students after improper search

*Two years ago members of the Huguenot High School We Are Latino club were taken to the school cafeteria and searched after rumors surfaced that a revenge fight was being planned. It’s taken two years of persistent community pressure for this apology to come about. VL

By Scott Wise and Alix Bryan, WTVR

The apology will be issued to Latino students and their families for an incident that involved the improper searching of Latino students, on Feb. 1, 2013.

Two years ago administrators at Huguenot High School called Latino students to the cafeteria before school let out because they had heard a fight was being planned. A student told RVA Open Source that they used the club, We Are Latino, to get everyone to the cafeteria.

According to a published report, 15 of the students were searched for weapons. Then, in a “controlled dismissal” students were led to their buses in groups of six.

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