Alva Review-Courier -

YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — Three months into Taylissa Marriott's freshman year at a rural northern Nevada high school, she was brought to tears by someone, again, calling her a racial slur.

This time, Taylissa told the Reno Gazette-Journal, it was within earshot of a Yerington High School teacher who stood silent in the hallway.

She and her sister are two of only a few black students in the high school of just under 400 students in rural Nevada, 90 minutes southeast of from Reno.

Taylissa's mom, Nancy Marriott-Tolliver and stepfather, Charles Tolliver, say Taylissa and her stepsister, Jayla Tolliv...