Palmer Graduates Reject Breaking From Tradition In Schoolboard Approved Segregation
The graduates of Palmer High School rejected being segregated by a last minute board approved change to the decades of precedent for graduation ceremonies. Normally those graduating with honors or distinction get something to mark them on their cap or gown, but the board and Superintendent Gaal decided they should be ordered not alphabetically as is the norm but by GPA and those with a 3.75 or higher should wear a golden robe (different at each school) to separate them from their classmates. The STUDENTS in protest snuck in brown robes in solidarity with their peers. There were two speeches firing shots at this unpopular change. Many students also refused to shake hands with Gaal.
Tangentially related, a group of concerned parents, teachers, students and citizens protested against the school board's increasingly right shifting policies and the blatant conflicts of interest and hypocrisy of this administration. The board put out the following:
>"The Board of Education is deeply concerned by the continued spread of false and misleading claims about the direction of Colorado Springs School District 11. Disagreement is expected in public education, and community members have every right to express their views. However, deliberately distorting the work of the district, presenting false claims as fact, and creating unnecessary fear in our community is irresponsible and harmful."
If you care about public education being for the public, all of the public. If you don't want Brad Miller to drag D11 into a SCOTUS case to enable religious charter schools to siphon money from your tax dollars, then please join us, in "creating fear, spread false and misleading claims" be "irresponsible and harmful", join us, or support us in fighting for public education that supports all the public. Or at the very least, be informed and make sure the school board is working for you.