Seaman district hires advisors to help with name change
April 20, 2021
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas school district named after a 1920s Ku Klux Klan leader has voted to pay an advisory group to help with discussions on changing the name.
The Seaman School District s Board of Education voted Monday to make a base payment of $30,000 to the Kansas Leadership Council to help with the discussions.
The district is named after Fred Seaman, a former Kansas leader of the KKK. Students, teachers and some community groups have pushed to have the name changed.
The school board had already appointed an advisory task force comprised of teachers, business owners, community members and a student to provide a report on the issue. The board will make the final decision.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas school district that is named for a Ku Klux Klan leader is paying an advisory group to help lead discussions on how to change the name.
The Seaman School District’s Board of Education voted Monday to pay $30,000 to the Kansas Leadership Center for advise on the issue. The Seaman district is named for Fred Seaman, an “exalted cyclops,” or chief officer, in the Topeka KKK in the 1920s. Students, teachers and some community leaders want the board to change the name.
The district has named its own advisory board, but the school board will make the final decision.
Associated Press
TOPEKA A Kansas school district named after a 1920s Ku Klux Klan leader has voted to pay an advisory group to help with discussions on changing the name.
The Seaman school district’s school board voted Monday to make a base payment of $30,000 to the Kansas Leadership Council to help with the discussions.
The district is named after Fred Seaman, a former Kansas leader of the KKK. Students, teachers and some community groups have pushed to have the name changed.
The school board had already appointed an advisory task force comprising teachers, business owners, community members and a student to provide a report on the issue. The board will make the final decision.
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