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>> IN AFTER-SCHOOL GAME, TAKING
A TROUBLING TURN AT LYLES

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CROUCH, TRADITIONAL ACADEMY IN
ALEXANDRIA MOM. KATHERINE KELLY

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SAYS A GROUP OF WHITE STUDENTS
ALLEGEDLY TOLD HER SIDE WHO IS

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HALF ASIAN. HE COULDN'T SIT
WITH THEM.

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>> SAYING THAT A MIXED RACE,
KIDS HAD TO SIT AT A TABLE THAT

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WAS AWAY FROM MY KIDS AND
AFRICA MEANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN

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AND BLACK KIDS HAD TO SAY EVEN
FURTHER AWAY. AND THEY SAID

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THAT THEY WERE SEGREGATED.
THEY COULDN'T PLAY AT THE WHITE

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KIDS.

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>> KELLY SAYS SOME STUDENTS
ALSO ALLEGEDLY TEASED THE

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STUDENTS OF COLOR.

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>> BASED ON RACE AND CLASS,
IT'S OF COURSE VERY DIFFICULT.

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IT WAS CONFUSING. HE WAS TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

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ALSO TRYING TO STAND UP FOR HIS
FRIENDS AND TRYING TO INTERRUPT

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THE SITUATION BUT NOT REALLY
KNOWING WHAT TO DO.

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>> NEWS 4 OBTAINED A LETTER
SENT BY THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL

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TO PARENTS LAST FRIDAY
ACKNOWLEDGING IN INAPPROPRIATE

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GAME BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS TO
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AS PART OF A

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ROLE PLAY OF A SOCIAL STUDIES
LESSON. THE LETTER SAID

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STUDENTS OFTEN WANT TO DISCUSS
TROUBLING TOPICS FROM CLASS IN

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A VARIETY OF WAYS, SOME OF
WHICH MAY CAUSE OFFENSE.

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THIS IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE
IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND

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ONE THAT WE MUST BE KEENLY
AWARE OF WHEN DIFFICULT TOPICS

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ARE PRESENTED.

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>> WHEN KIDS ARE LEARNING THESE
THINGS LIKE ABOUT SEGREGATION,

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LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
WHITE SUPREMACY AND STATES,

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THEY HAVE TO LEARN THAT THEY
NEED TO WIN THAT. BUT IT'S NOT

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A GAME AND THEY NEED TO AND
SERIOUSNESS OF THESE THINGS.

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>> IN THE LETTER TO FAMILIES,
THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL SAID SHE

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PLANS TO WORK WITH HER TEAM TO
INCORPORATE LESSONS INTO THE

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CURRICULUM ON THINKING BEFORE
YOU SPEAK AND ACT. THE

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PRINCIPAL ALSO SAID THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY HAS A COLLECTIVE

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RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE ALL
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FEEL

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VALUED AND RESPECTED.

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>> I THINK WE DO IT BY PERHAPS
STARTING WITH WHAT CHILDREN

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KNOW.

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>> PROFESSOR GREG CARR TEACHES
AFRO AMERICAN STUDIES AT HOWARD

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UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS LESSONS ON
INCLUSION CAN BE SIMPLE,

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SUCH AS ASKING KIDS HOW THEY
FEEL WHEN THEY SEE TV

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CHARACTERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.
HE ALSO SAYS GUEST SPEAKERS CAN

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BE HELPFUL.

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>> SO A LESSON ON SEGREGATION
COULD INCORPORATE BUILDERS WHO

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LIVED THROUGH THAT PERIOD.
YOU KNOW, THE LOCATIONS OF IT

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NOW FROM AN ELDER WHO CAN TELL
YOU HOW MUCH IT HURT TO BE CITY

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IT.

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>> IT'S NOT CLEAR IF ANY
STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE GAME

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FACE DISCIPLINE. THE PRINCIPAL
TELLING PARENTS IN HER LETTER

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SHE COULDN'T SAY ANY CHO NEWS.
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