{"id":4883,"date":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","slug":"florida-school-isolates-black-students-at-assembly-reportedly-offered-gift-cards-to-improve-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/florida-school-isolates-black-students-at-assembly-reportedly-offered-gift-cards-to-improve-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida school isolates Black students at assembly, reportedly offered gift cards to improve scores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People want control over their kids’ education: Bill Wells<\/a><\/h4>\n

Bill Wells and Nicole Neily discuss how parents want to have a role in their kids’ education on \u2018Fox News @ Night.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A Flagler County, Florida,<\/a> elementary school singled out numerous Black students and forced them to attend an assembly on improving their standardized test scores, as confirmed by the district\u2019s interim superintendent.<\/p>\n

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FOX 35<\/a> in Orlando reported that last Friday, students in grades four and five were taken out of class to attend an assembly in the Bunnell Elementary School cafeteria, as learned by several parents.<\/p>\n

The students who performed well on the standardized tests were reportedly brought to the front of the assembly and used as model examples as teachers discussed the test scores and offered gift cards to restaurants as rewards for improving their scores.<\/p>\n

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SLAMS WHITE HOUSE FOR \u2018PARTISAN AND INACCURATE\u2019 CRITICISMS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The news station received confirmation from Cheryl Massaro, the Flagler County Schools board chair, that Black students were “isolated” for the assembly. She told the station the assembly should have never happened, though it did.<\/p>\n

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Interim Superintendent Lashakia Moore issued a statement on the district\u2019s website about the assembly, saying she sat down with Bunnell Elementary<\/a> Principal Donelle Evensen after the assembly and discussed what led to the presentation and what steps were, or were not, taken before and after.<\/p>\n

MEDIA RUNNING WILD WITH KAMALA HARRIS\u2019 ‘LIE’ ON FLORIDA’S BLACK HISTORY EDUCATION, CURRICULUM CO-AUTHOR SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Flagler County Schools Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore said there was no malice intended with the student outreach, where Black students were told to attend an assembly on improving standardized test scores. She added that the district will ensure parents are always engaged from this point forward.<\/span> (Flagler County Schools)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“In speaking with Mrs. Evensen, it is clear there was no malice intended in planning this student outreach. However, sometimes, when you try to think \u2018outside the box,\u2019 you forget why the box is there,” Moore said. “While the desire to help this particular subgroup of students is to be commended, how this was done does not meet the expectations we desire among Flagler Schools.”<\/p>\n

She continued, and said the district wants parents<\/a> and guardians to actively participate in their children\u2019s educational successes, and without informing the parents of the assembly or plans to raise the scores, parents were not properly engaged.<\/p>\n

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MEDIA RUNNING WILD WITH KAMALA HARRIS\u2019 ‘LIE’ ON FLORIDA’S BLACK HISTORY EDUCATION, CURRICULUM CO-AUTHOR SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Moore said from this point forward, “all of our schools will engage our parents, no matter what group or subgroup their children may be in, in our continued efforts to raise achievement among all students.”<\/p>\n

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Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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