Virginia public school faces backlash after students reportedly played segregation game Fox News
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TheschoolboardofShenandoahCountyinVirginiavotedtorestoretwoschools’originalnamesderivedfromConfederategenerals.Theschoolnameswerechangedin2020byavotefromthesameboard.
ApublicschoolinAlexandria,VirginiaisunderscrutinyafterstudentsreportedlyplayedagameinwhichBlackstudentsweresegregated,onschoolgrounds.
FOX5inWashington,D.C.reportedthattheincidenttookplaceatLyles-CrouchTraditionalAcademy,whichisdescribedontheschool’ssiteasaK-5publicschoolinOldTownAlexandriawithadiversestudentbody.
Accordingtoreports,thestudentsplayedthegameduringsocialstudiesandtheschool’sprincipal,LauraBurkart,toldparentsaboutthematterthroughaletter.
Intheletter,Burkartreportedlydescribedthegameasinappropriate,thoughshedidnotapologizefortheincident.
FLORIDADEPARTMENTOFEDUCATIONSLAMSWHITEHOUSEFOR‘PARTISANANDINACCURATE’CRITICISMSABOUTBLACKHISTORY
Fourth-gradestudentsattheLyles-CrouchTraditionalAcademyinAlexandria,Vi
