Black parents accuse Atlanta of retaliation after they fought segregation of classrooms

Atlanta Public Schools retaliated against parents after they objected to the intentional racial segregation in their children's school, according to a federal civil rights complaint.

An assistant principal at Mary Lin Elementary told Jason Posey, the school psychologist, that Posey's daughter "P.P." could not be placed with his preferred teacher because all black second-graders had been placed in their own classrooms. 

Seven months later, the district confirmed to Posey's wife Kila Posey that Mary Lin Elementary's principal Sharyn Briscoe, who is black, set up the two black-only classrooms. White second-graders had their choice of six different classrooms.

Briscoe's page on the school website was taken down sometime after Wednesday afternoon, as evidenced by an archive of the page. She didn't respond to an email seeking her response to the allegations and confirmation of her status at the school. Her LinkedIn page lists her as assistant principal in Atlanta Public Schools.