Some of them saw the violence and just got scared.
Many local educators chose to include the chaos in the Capitol in lessons on Thursday. We re all feeling anxious and stressed as it relates to this, said Dr. William Hite, the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia.
Dr. Hite encouraged all the teachers to have a discussion with their students. We have two judicial systems. We have two systems for policing. You have a system for Black folk and a system for whites, Custis said. Not just hearing the thoughts of adults, but really expressing how do you feel as a result of this, and let s talk through that, and that s one of the most important things we can do as educators, said Hite.