California superintendent, Marian Phelps, placed on administrative leave
A California school superintendent was placed on administrative leave Thursday after he was accused of bullying members of a girls’ high school softball team for not giving his daughter enough applause during a ceremony last year. The Poway Unified School District has placed Superintendent Dr. Marian Kim Phelps on paid administrative leave immediately following a […]
Texas superintendent doubles down on suspending black student for dreadlocks hairstyle, violating dress code
A Texas superintendent doubled down on a school district's decision to punish a black student with dreadlocks for violating the dress code, despite facing a lawsuit. Barbers Hill Independent School District Superintendent Greg Poole published a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle on January 14 defending his suspension of students for having too long hair. […]
Parents of boy suspended for wearing ‘warrior paint’ at football game sue principal and superintendent
On October 13th, the eighth-grader at a middle school in La Jolla, California, watched a high school football game during his free time. In an attempt to emulate the sports hero, he got warrior paint on his cheeks, temples and chin. According to his school's principal, this commonplace act constitutes a “hate incident,” at least […]