Too little too late...
McClatchy newspaper:
ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington Superintendent Jerry McCullough issued a statement Friday apologizing for how the district handled President Obama's live speech on Tuesday.
The decision not to show the speech live to school children became particularly controversial after it became known that the district had previous plans to bus about 500 fifth-graders to attend an event with former President George W. Bush. The event, which is scheduled later this month at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, will be an announcement about a volunteer initiative for the 2011 Super Bowl.
"In retrospect, I can see how the district's decisions concerning these two events could be seen as favoring one event over another," McCullough said in his written statement. He later said, "I apologize that my decisions on behalf of the district have disappointed or hurt people."
The district allowed students to miss half a day of school on Tuesday if they wanted to watch the event live elsewhere and recorded the speech for later use. McCullough noted that he is encouraging teachers to use Obama's speech in their classrooms when and how they deem appropriate.
1 comment:
Now President Obama's speech is old news and to late for the Superintendent to make up for it. Most of the kids already heard the speech or saw it on Youtube. Now it will be interesting to see how the kids act at the Dallas Cowboy/Bush event. Dallas Cowboys have some super star black players and we know how Bush feels about Black People. Kids are sometimes smarter then adults and most likely saw through the racism and hate already. Good news is Laura will be available to correct George's Bushism speech. When doing Evil it seems to never turn out like you planned it as any Republican.
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