The NAACP, Quad County Urban League and other local Black leaders are becoming more vocal about what they see as an “unwelcome” culture in East Aurora School District 131.

And after several meetings with district leaders, they are turning up the pressure not only to address what they call “a growing crisis of trust” among Black staff members and students but are calling for the resignation of a school board member.

The environment at East Aurora, says DuPage County NAACP President Michael Childress, had already been fostering a “clear pattern of fear, retaliation and disregard” for Black staff and students, according to a letter he sent in early August to District 131 Superintendent Bob Halverson.

But the situation was amplified when remarks made by new school board member Mayra Reyes c

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