Brewster High School is a high school in

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. The school has about 420 students in the junior and senior high, and 990 students K-12.

Discrimination suit

In October 2005, a group of eight

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parents filed a discrimination

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in a

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. According to the lawsuit, Principal Randy Phillips called a meeting with

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students, in which he told them they showed less respect, scored lower on tests, and fought more than non-Hispanic students. The lawsuit was settled in 2006, and included the formation of a school office of minority affairs.

References

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