Utah school district says it will revise project where students were assigned to be slaves and slave masters
Centennial Middle School in Provo faced pushback from parents.
(Centennial Middle School via Facebook) Centennial Middle School as seen on the school s Facebook page. The school will revise an assignment where students were told to be slaves after pushback from parents.
| April 19, 2021, 9:32 p.m.
Students in an eighth grade class in Provo were randomly assigned to be slaves and slave masters for a project about the Civil War. And when they finished, they were instructed to “reach their own conclusions regarding the issues.”
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Mixed reactions from Utahns as Biden announces withdraw from Afghanistan
Mixed reactions from Utahns as Biden announces withdraw from Afghanistan
and last updated 2021-04-14 23:21:43-04
OGDEN, Utah â On the 20
th anniversary of the devastating Sept. 11
th terrorist attacks, all U.S. forces will be out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.
The U.S. will begin withdrawing U.S. troops next month, the president said. Iâve concluded that itâs time to end Americaâs longest war. Itâs time for American troops to come home,â President Biden said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the decision to leave Afghanistan a grave mistake.
SALT LAKE CITY Eastern winds have already led to gusts exceeding 60 mph in northern Utah Tuesday morning, and the National Weather Service issued a series of high wind warnings for the region as stronger winds are expected Tuesday evening into Wednesday.
The agency also released a model showing that some mountains in the state could receive more than a foot of snow after the wind events.
More high winds in northern Utah
The National Weather Service originally issued a wind advisory for northern Utah areas that went into effect at midnight Tuesday to noon. That advisory was upgraded to a high wind warning for some of northern Utah shortly before 9 a.m.
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