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Within Chesterfield County schools, not every student has the same access to instructional or extracurricular resources and advanced-level courses. There aren’t set policies driving the school system’s efforts to be more equitable. Inside classrooms, the staff’s demographics don’t reflect the makeup of their increasingly diverse classrooms.

That is all according to a report presented to Chesterfield School Board members Tuesday.

The findings came after a yearlong exploration of systemic inequality across the school district from the equity committee formed by Superintendent James Lane not long after he assumed his duties. During the superintendent search, the School Board identified equity as a major issue the next superintendent would have to address.

Just in the past year, school leaders dealt with some high-profile incidents that led to investigations as well as cultural sensitivity training. In October, school officials responded to a Cosby High student carrying a Confederate flag, along with a separate incident involving a Midlothian High student’s use of a racial slur over text message during nonschool hours. After an August school investigation into the treatment of two Muslim students, Bellwood Elementary staff in Chesterfield were directed to receive cultural sensitivity training.