Florida principal resigns after holding Black-only assembly, telling students to improve test scores or ‘end up in jail’

Florida principal resigns after holding Black-only assembly, telling students to improve test scores or ‘end up in jail’
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New York Daily News
September 09, 2023Human Rights

A Florida elementary school principal has resigned several weeks after African American students were singled out with an assembly where they were told to improve their academic performance — or face the consequences later in life. “Donelle Evensen, principal at Bunnell Elementary School, has informed Superintendent LaShakia Moore that she is resigning,” the Flagler County school district said Thursday in a news release. Evensen and teacher Anthony Hines were placed on leave days after the Aug. 18 assembly, during which the school’s Black fourth- and fifth-graders were collectively told to imp...

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