Speaking of schools
A girl at William Blount High School was suspended for telling local TeeVee that the race issues at the high school have continued:
On April 18th, Bridget O’Neill, a junior, told 6 News one of her classmates made a racial sign.
Her parents say the next morning, the principal pulled Bridget into the office demanding to know why she talked to the media and who made the sign.
“She was screaming at her she was stupid,” says Bridget’s mother, Diane O’Neill. “They threatened to expel her for the rest of the year because she wouldn’t give the name. Then she threatened to call the police. And she was like, ‘why?’ She said, ‘Well, I’m going to have you arrested for standing in the way of justice.'”
The school sent home a letter about Bridget’s suspension. It never mentioned her interview with 6 News but said she was suspended for disrupting the classroom and providing false information about the sign.
April 26th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
Oh, God, the HUMANITY! Are we leaving a child behind here?
Wonder what the tipping point for public schooling is going to be? Does it have to get 1/10th worse? Twice as bad? Three times as bad?
April 26th, 2005 at 9:36 pm
I wonder what these “racial signs” are?
In Texas, it is common practice to wave “Howdy” when meeting another vehicle on a farm-to-market road. I would hate to be insulting someone when I didn’t mean to.