Race Bias Found at Pr. William School;Principal Unfairly Disciplined Student, Civil Rights Office Says From: The Washington Post | Date: June 22, 1990| Author: Alice Digilio | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A Prince William County elementary school principal discriminated in disciplining a black third-grade student last fall, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has found.

On one occasion, Principal Richard Keeler disciplined the boy without fully investigating the facts, and in a second instance he treated the child more severely than a white student who committed the same offense, said Robert A. Smallwood, the department's civil rights director for the region.