Parents of children attending Bunnell Elementary School in Florida were outraged after the school principal held an assembly to ‘help’ black students by allegedly telling them they could go to jail if they received bad grades, amongst other dire consequences. The Principal reportedly offered McDonald’s and gift cards to other fast-food establishments as an incentive for students to improve their grades.
“If you don’t improve, you could end up in jail or the victim of gun violence,” it was allegedly said.
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On Thursday, parents met with the school’s higher-ups at a PTO meeting to evaluate the situation. The principal has since been placed on paid administrative leave.
“This should not have happened, but it did. And as the interim superintendent of Flagler Schools, it is my responsibility to identify why did this happen,” said Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore. “We do have an investigation that is ongoing at this time.”
What makes matters worse is that parents were not even made aware that their children were reportedly getting bad grades. The Parents spoke to FOX 35 and revealed that they had never bern told about the poor test scores or of the assembly. This was later confirmed by the district.
“When I came into this meeting I was still irate about the situation. No matter the emails, the calls, the press conference. I was still mad because it still happened. You can’t erase it,” said a parent. “Actions are going to be important because this broke a lot of our trust, so we need to see what’ they’re going to do. It’s really on the school to make amends with the parents, students, and community,” she continued.
The Principal has been identified as Donelle Evensen. She is reported to have approved the assemblies and PowerPoint presentation, and another teacher Anthony Hines who was alleged to have presented at the assembly has also been put on paid administrative leave. The school notes that there may be further disciplinary action after further investigation and meeting with all the parents involved.
In other news, recently a teacher in Oklahoma was arrested on her first day of school for allegedly being drunk in class. Kimberly Coates decided to start off the school year with a bang, or rather, with a bottle. The incident took place at an elementary school in Oklahoma earlier this month, leaving both students and parents bewildered — and concerned. She denies being drunk, but the evidence of her being a wino was found in a cup she brought to school. Whew, what is going on at these schools?
Absolutely absurd of the parents.
This principal was trying to give good orderly direction to tge most troubled & insanely coddled generation set for failure in all American history. They are mad at incentives? Get Real. If the parents didnt know how their kids were doing in school why woukd they not ask? Wonder where the report card is?
They have no idea how lucky they are to be in a school district where the school & the admin ACTUALLY care about students doing homework & getting grades
Here in Chicago,IL after Covid, there is no homework, there are no Tests & there are no grades! And whaddaya know?
We have record-breaking illiterate high school graduates. Because homework is too much work for the teachers & Tests hurt kids feelings when they fail them compared to others that pass. So it’s no child left behind, no homework no Tests, no GPA because we don’t want to offend anybody? Is that what they would rather have? And my brother is a Chicago public school teacher. This is for the entire Chicago public school system & many surrounding suburbs. These parents have just made it clear: do not care, DO NOT set a standard for our children, because we want a reason to complain & hoping to get some kind of lawsuit because instead of being accountable for their children, they would rather teach them how to be victims instead of appreciate the fact that we actually have a school system that cares. What the principal said, is statistically and factually true; those that drop out of high school, and that are illiterate, are much more likely to resort for crime & up in jail. Only in this day & age in America can somebody be fired & blacklisted for telling the obvious truth. This is one of the dumbest & nonsensical things I’ve heard since toilet paper thin masks being mandated to stop a microscopic virus. So the message is clear: have no standard, lied to the kids, and say life will be just fine even if you fail everything don’t pay attention in class. I don’t learn how to do the math or the science nor master the knowledge of any subject, because we don’t want to offend you and overwhelm you by having an actual guideline & expectation. It’s next to generations is going to run the country? Yeah, right.