The state’s Department of Civil Rights has closed an investigation into a complaint against Grand Ledge Public Schools that claimed school board members and a former superintendent didn’t respond to a Mulliken resident’s request to meet with them.
Jason Devenbaugh, who ran for but wasn’t elected to the district’s Board of Education in November, filed the complaint in June. In it, he said he believes he couldn’t get a meeting because he is white. The complaint was brief and provided no further details.
An investigation found there was “insufficient evidence” to prove Devenbaugh’s claim, said Harold Core, director of special projects for the state’s Department of Civil Rights.
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