Forced by the school to choose a race for my child

Forced by the school to choose a race for my child

I recently realized that although I consistently identify my child as biracial the school has been changing my child's race to black. I was told this was done because the electronic registration system used by school officials to report to the state department of education has no option to enter multiple races.

Here is the kicker, on the paper form of registration given to parents, you can enter multiple races. My request was that the electronic system be amended to reflect what is asked on the form. I can't get anyone to acknowledge my concern as my son is half black so they feel I shouldn't have a problem.

My view is that my child is of two races and to force us in any arena to chose is asking him to deny a part of himself. I live in a small rural area in Arkansas and I don't know who to turn to for help. Does anyone have any suggestions?