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Coronado mayor demands apology from school district for tortilla-throwing incident response
Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey described the actions as a rush to judgment by the CIF and school district which falsely characterized the team and the community. Author: LaMonica Peters (KFMB), City News Service Published: 7:48 PM PDT July 7, 2021 Updated: 10:12 PM PDT July 7, 2021
CORONADO, Calif. Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey called on the Coronado Unified School District s board to apologize for releasing a statement condemning the Coronado High School basketball team as being fueled by racism, colorism and classism, following a tortilla-throwing incident after a championship game.
Following Coronado High School s 60-57 overtime victory in the boys Division 4-A regional final some members of the crowd in Coronado gym on June 19 threw tortillas at the largely Latino Orange Glen players.
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The Coronado Unified School Board voted 5-0 Tuesday to appeal the revocation of the Coronado High basketball championship title in wake of the controversial tortilla throwing incident last month.
The school board’s decision comes amid growing backlash among some Coronado residents to recent sanctions from the California Interscholastic Federation against the Coronado basketball team and to people’s characterization of the tortilla incident as racist.
Coronado School Board Trustee Whitney Antrim said she voted to start the appeal process because students shouldn’t have to suffer because of actions by adults who were responsible for the incidents.
“Let’s be clear: Those responsible were adults,” Antrim said in a statement. “Adults led students astray. But punitive results for students who suffered from poor leadership seems harsher than warranted. Adults ultimately caused this pain, and it is adults who should face the consequences.”
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Coronado High School s boys basketball team played against the boys from Escondido s Orange Glen High School in the regional CIF championship on June 19, 2021
Coronado beat Orange Glen 60-57 in the tense, close game at the Coronado High School gym
After the game, those on the Coronado side threw tortillas at the athletes from Orange Glen a predominantly Latino team in an act of racism
Last week, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) vacated Coronado High School s championship title following its investigation of the postgame tortilla-throwing incident that largely overshadowed the matchup with Orange Glen High School of Escondido two weekends ago.
Coronado Unified School District to appeal CIF ruling over tortilla throwing
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Two students who helped clean up the court after the Coronado High vs Orange Glen High basketball championship game on Saturday, June 19, 2021, are photographed holding bags of tortillas that were thrown at the Orange Glen players and coaches. The students in the photo were not involved in the incident.
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â Coronado Unified School District s board voted unanimously to appeal the California Interscholastic Federation s ruling that stripped Coronado High of its high school boys basketball championship over tortillas being thrown after the team s win against Orange Glen High.