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Northampton superintendent contacts FBI over racist Facebook page as residents urge school board to ban Confederate flag
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
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NORTHAMPTON School Superintendent John A. Provost has alerted the FBI about a Facebook page he says is trying to recruit students into white supremacist groups.
“We will be providing time in flex block tomorrow to educate our students about the tactics extremist hate groups use to try to lure in impressionable youth,” Provost wrote in a letter to parents Thursday.
The “JFK White Student Union” Facebook page appeared earlier this week after John F. Kennedy Middle School Principal Desmond Caldwell created a video responding to student concerns about the Confederate flag being displayed during remote learning. Although the page seemed to disappear Wednesday, it was back online Thursday, with fewer than 10 followers.
Ban on Confederate flag urged in Northampton schools
Desmond Caldwell, principal of JFK Middle School, addresses a crowd that gathered to denounce racism on Wednesday February 24, 2021.
Published: 2/25/2021 9:39:44 PM
NORTHAMPTON JFK middle schooler Willa Polin has seen the Confederate flag in school hallways and on Zoom, she told the School Committee on Thursday night.
“This is a symbol of hate in a place that is supposed to be safe,” she said. “It doesn’t belong in our schools. I believe that a better world is possible, and I believe banning the Confederate flag is one step closer to that better world.”