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![]() WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor In interviews afterward, some residents reaffirmed the problems outlined by H-CAN and others rebutted them, claiming the attention caused by the report and subsequent news coverage has painted the community in a false light. Though calm pervaded the town hall - perhaps because of a format that forbade testimony and required residents to ask questions via notecards - the report has clearly struck a communal nerve. On Wednesday, H-CAN presented its findings at a standing-room-only meeting and school district officials got a chance to respond. It also alleged discriminatory discipline practices and bemoaned the underrepresentation of black students in advanced classes. ![]() The report, penned by a local activist group called H-CAN, detailed a series of anonymous complaints about racist language, offensive graffiti, discriminatory comments, and “microaggressions” in this upscale Delaware County suburb. As Wednesday’s packed town hall would suggest, a recent report on racism in the Haverford Township School District has residents’ attention.
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