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Committee Discusses Historical Marker To Commemorate Victims Of Lynching In Gainesville wuft.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wuft.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A few paces from where the statue of Old Joe once honored Civil War confederate soldiers, a different group of people were honored Saturday 12 Gainesville men who were lynched after the war. The ceremony was part of Alachua County’s truth and reconciliation project to acknowledge the extra-judicial killings often by mobs. “In 1865, after two-and-a-half centuries of brutal enslavement, Black Americans had great hope that emancipation would finally mean real freedom and opportunity,” said the Rev. Carl Smart, an assistant county manager. “Unfortunately it quickly became clear that emancipation did not mean equality for Black people .The hope of reconstruction quickly became a nightmare of unparalleled violence and oppression.” ....
Sedona Red Rock News Sedona Red Rock High School sophomore Hunter White will be collaborating with Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District Superintendent Denny Dearden over the upcoming month to create a plan for a student representative who will sit on the Governing Board. While the student will not be allowed to vote on matters, he or she will have a voice when it comes to school-related issues. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers To truly find out what the students are thinking and feeling, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District is taking a unique step. During the Tuesday, Jan. 5, SOCSD Governing Board meeting, the board unanimously voted to move forward with creating a student representative position who will attend board meetings. While that student will not have a vote, they will have a voice. ....
The Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board, administrators, community members and Yavapai County Health Services Director Leslie Horton, on screen, came together at the SPAC on Dec. 7 to discuss possibly returning to virtual-only schooling. Alexandra Wittenberg/Larson Newspapers In a three-hour meeting on Monday, Dec. 7, the Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board voted unanimously to keep Sedona Red Rock High School and West Sedona School open for in-person learning during the nine remaining school days before winter break starts Saturday, Dec. 19. But when school reconvenes on Monday, Jan. 4, classes will be virtual-only and stay that way for a few days after. ....