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Racial Taunts Prompt 3 Teens To Leave Cumberland

Three black students who complained publicly of racism at a Cumberland high school have moved back to the District of Columbia.

Lakeal Ellis tells The Washington Post that she and her three daughters abandoned their dream of a quieter life in the Maryland mountains after the girls endured racial slurs and harassment at Fort Hill High School.

Their complaints prompted the principal to ban displays of the Confederate flag at the school earlier this month.

The family had lived in Cumberland less than two years.

The Cumberland Times-News reports that mediation sessions are planned in hopes of reducing racial tensions among students.

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