A Missouri high school near where teenager Kaylee Gein was seriously injured last week is promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts around student safety in response to the incident. There is “enormous responsibility,” the state’s Republican attorney general argued.
“I think there’s a huge responsibility on the part of the school. Look at their statement. There’s no moral clarity there. They never once mention the victim,” AG Andrew Bailey said. he said. Newsmax’s “National Report”of Hazelwood School District.
Kaylee Gain, 16, was just a few blocks from Hazelwood East High School on March 8 when she got into a physical fight with another female student.
The fight ended with Gein being pinned down and slamming his head into the pavement multiple times, sustaining a brain bleed and a severe skull fracture.
The school district posted a short statement on Facebook following the incident.
“It’s always a tragedy when children are hurt. Bullying and conflict in our communities is an issue that we all need to take ownership of and work toward solutions for our children,” the memo said. It is written in
The district also said, “We extend our sincere condolences to everyone involved.”
Bailey argued that Hazelwood East is partially to blame for Gane’s condition because it implemented a “radical DEI program” in 2021 “in lieu of school safety.”
“In other words, [the school] They support racial tensions over having school resource officers on campus,” Bailey argued.
“So how does this radically divisive DEI indoctrination program prevent police officers from being there to detect this and create the racial divisions that may have motivated this fight?” What role did it play in preventing this?” he added.
