Reply to Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Powerful Letter to the Arlington County School Board about Diversity"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SB hasn't put up the video of the December 15 meeting yet, at which several APS students spoke, but here is Kanninen's response to those who disagree with the SB's decision:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_uRkco4fcpe-bKe25tOVRFjiCdwHQxQpHQ/view[/quote]

Thanks for posting. Did anyone watch or attend the meeting and hear the student from Yorktown? Kanninen referenced that student in particular and seemed distressed at what I guess is an anecdote the student related?[/quote]

I think this student's statement is the one referenced in the WaPo article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/va-high-school-students-assail-new-school-boundary-plan-as-apartheid/2016/12/16/2e8defc2-c3b8-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html?utm_term=.8d211ca2941b

[i]A junior at Yorktown, her voice shaking, recounted a time when a classmate told her that slavery was justified and that she should go back to Africa. She said he then jokingly threatened to brand black people and make them his slaves if they didn’t leave the country, a remark that elicited laughter from other classmates.[/i][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics