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Chalk Talk with Momodou Sarr: Social justice, equity in schools
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High schoolers reflect on what s needed to achieve normality
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Last modified: Thursday, June 26, 2014
AMHERST The year started full of promise at Amherst Regional High School for advancing its reputation as a place that takes racial concerns to heart. But the year ended Thursday with anger, embarrassment and sorrow over a string of racial incidents that drove a black math teacher, Carolyn Gardner, to leave in May with supporters saying she felt stressed and ill over her treatment. “This year was really hard,” said Samantha Camera, a social studies teacher who is white. “We are all heartbroken for Carolyn.”
But as difficult as it was to see the school become the subject of outside criticism, the racial incidents prompted classroom discussions that teachers say were invaluable.
Racist, anti-Semitic graffiti at Amherst Regional High School investigated
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School.
AMHERST School administrators and Amherst Police are investigating racist and anti-Semitic graffiti found drawn in chalk Friday outside Amherst Regional High School.
Superintendent Michael Morris, in an email co-signed by Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham, high school Principal Talib Sadiq and Summit Academy Principal David Slovin, notified families this week about the incident at the school building, where few staff and students are inside as remote instruction continues for nearly all teachers and students.
“These chalk drawings, which included a racial slur and a swastika, were photographed and quickly removed; however, the drawings were a blatant violation of school policy, and more importantly our community’s core values,” Morris wrote. “No one should ever have to come to work or school and experience discrimination and bigotry in any form.”