Parents Defending Education Requests Investigation into Acalanes Union High School District’s Plan to Provide Race-Based Programming for Staff

Parents Defending Education (PDE) has sent a letter to the Director and Regional Attorney of the Oakland Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requesting an investigation into Acalanes Union High School District in Lafayette, CA for employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq.

PDE makes this investigation request as an interested third-party organization with members who are parents of school children throughout the country. PDE and its members oppose racial discrimination and political indoctrination in America’s schools. Acalanes Union High School District is offering additional programming for employees of color that are not offered to all employees in the district. Attached to this complaint is supporting evidence in the form of an email invitation, which invites “POC staff” to the “first coming together in 2023” (Exhibit A) and a union contract “Contractual Agreement between Acalanes Education Association and Acalanes Union High School District” describing a paid position for serving on the “Diversity Chair Committee” (Exhibit B).

Acalanes Union High School likewise cannot exclude employees based on their race. We ask that your office promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief.