Palm Beach County School Board to discuss superintendent s resignation wptv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wptv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Palm Beach County School Board discusses future following superintendent s resignation wptv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wptv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A pledge to root out “white advantage” in Palm Beach County schools led to an outcry from some parents, prompting a divided School Board to remove it from a statement on student equity and diversity. The School Board voted 4-3 Wednesday to make the change after more than an hour of debate and four hours of public speakers. Opponents of the diversity statement called board members words like .
National coverage has been given to the uproar caused by the words "white advantage" used in the new equity statement approved a couple of weeks ago by the school board. Members agreed to hold a meeting Wednesday to decide whether to tweak the statement.