Nearly 100 years after Denver South High School’s founding, the school is adopting a new mascot. DSHS is now officially home of the Ravens, according to an announcement Friday . The new mascot replaces the Rebels, which harkens back to the days of the Confederacy. In a statement, Principal Bobby Thomas said the old emblem no longer seemed “appropriate, acceptable, or an accurate representation of what South stands for.” Over the last six months, the school conducted focus groups and online surveys and created a committee to determine the new mascot. “Ravens are smart, clever birds that are known to be strategic problem solvers. They are empathetic, loyal creatures that form lifelong bonds,” Thomas said. “And importantly, the raven is an inclusive animal — it has a long history of being held in high regard both in Native American culture and others throughout the world, and ravens are not associated with any particular gender or race.” Denver Public Schools Board Member Tay Anderson applauded the decision, saying he hopes other schools will take note. “It’s symbolic, but it’s also telling us and our children for generations to come that we learned from our mistakes and we will no longer enable a white supremacist culture in our school system,” Anderson said. The mascot change follows other district initiatives to build a more inclusive culture. DPS recently announced it would revamp its curriculums to include more Black, Native American and Lantix history . Students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College also started a racial justice podcast that lends a youth voice to the national conversation about race and equality in America. Policies Report an Error Contact Us Submit a News Tip ...
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Eric Kasperowicz Willing To Meet With Pine-Richland School Officials After Abruptly Losing Job
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After losing his job, Eric Kasperowicz is seeking a settlement with Pine-Richland school officials. READ MORE: Aliquippa Residents Turn To Independent Testing In Fight For 2nd Opinion On Water According to our news partner at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , an advisor to Kasperowicz emailed a letter last week to Pine-Richland School District solicitor Don Palmer asking if he, school superintendent Brian Miller, Kasperowicz and any other school administrators could meet and settle Kasperowicz not getting his contract renewed. Kasperowicz and his coaching staff were notified last week through email that they would not be returning. The district had been investigating a hazing incident from years back — which Kasperowicz and his staff have denied. Kasperowicz has also reapplied for his job. (Photo Credit: KDKA) According to the PG, the letter asks for a meeting because “we can see that things are out of control. We would like to come to a resolution quickly to help prevent further distractions and embarrassment. READ MORE: Pine-Richland Students And Parents Ready To Show Support For Coach Eric Kasperowicz At Rally “If our main goal is the kids in the community, we think it is imperative that we work together to figure something out ASAP.” The coaching change came as a shock to current and former players. Assistant coach Todd Jochem said the staff was a victim of a power grab by school officials. Students and parents in the Pine-Richland School District are expected to rally and show their support for Kasperowicz on Monday . The Pine-Richland Youth United Football and Cheer organization will meet at 7:15 p.m. at Richland Park by the concession stand near the football field for an act of solidarity. Last Friday, students rallied before the opening bell in support of Kasperowicz and his entire staff. Dozens of students stood outside of the school as early as 7:30 a.m. Some of them stuck ...
Pine-Richland Students And Parents Ready To Show Support For Coach Eric Kasperowicz At Rally
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pine-Richland School District community members continue to speak out after the entire football coaching staff was let go. On Monday, community members are expected to gather at Richland Township Community Park to rally and show support for Eric Kasperowicz. The event is organized by the Pine-Richland United Youth Football and Cheer organization. READ MORE: Allegheny Health Network Teams With Church Leaders To Get Underserved Communities Vaccinated Kasperowicz and his entire coaching staff were let go last week, and it has not sat well with families in the school district. The cheer and football group says Kasperowicz has been a part of the organization for years. They want the district to bring him and his staff back. Kasperowicz has reapplied for his job. An advisor to Kasperowicz emailed a letter to the district solicitor asking if school administrators could meet to discuss the coach not having his contract renewed, according to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . READ MORE: Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Calls For Peace Following Outcome Of Derek Chauvin Trial, City Leaders Planning For Protests At this point, the district has not said why all the coaches were let go — but players say they were questioned about hazing and bullying. Kasperowicz, other coaches and players deny there was hazing that took place under his watch. RELATED STORIES: Gateway Athletic Director, Football Coach Don Holl Asks Coaches Not To Apply For Pine-Richland Job After Losing Job, Eric Kasperowicz Reapplies To Be Head Football Coach At Pine-Richland Pine-Richland Head Football Coach Eric Kasperowicz And Entire Coaching Staff Will Not Return In Fall Assistant Pine-Richland Football Coach Believes Coaching Staff Was Victim Of Power Grab By School Officials More Coaches And Players Speak Out After Pine-Richland School District Removes Football Coaching Staff Pine-Richland School Board Member Resigns; ...
LA Board of Education members eat, check phones while mom pleads for school reopening
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 17 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. In an emotional phone call to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), a mother pleaded with county officials to reopen schools and playgrounds – but her appeal was seemingly ignored. In a video posted to social media by UTLA Uncensored this week, LA board members ate and checked their phones as an upset parent begged for the classrooms to be reopened. TEACHERS UNION BOSS SLAMMED OVER TONE-DEAF TWEET ON MOMS LEAVING WORKFORCE The crux of her plea was for the school board to abandon the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union, and focus on the needs of southern California children. "I’m here to tell you that I have been silenced by UTLA," she told the members. "Because my narrative goes against what they are trying to push." "My children, and thousands of others, are being held hostage by this organization," she continued. While elementary schools reopened last week, middle and high school students will not return to the classroom until later in the month. Parents remain frustrated by hybrid schedules students face, forcing them to continue to juggle being home with the children and managing their careers. "We see the minutes of instruction and we see the quality of the zoom instruction, and it does not equal a good education," the mother told LAUSD board members. "I’m doing the majority of work at home." "I am sickened by the fact that you have allowed your doors to stay closed for so long and you have no sense of urgency," she continued as one board member bent over to eat. "The disservice you have done to these children is beyond me." In recent months, reports have surfaced of teachers unions across the nation utilizing the coronavirus pandemic to vie for increased wages and benefits – frustrating angry parents. ...
Parent Rejects Woke School: ‘Judges My Daughter by the Color of Her Skin’
A parent is rejecting the forced “anti-racism” training that is representative of the left’s woke-culture indoctrination taking place in public and private K-12 schools. Former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss posted at “Common Sense with Bari Weiss” about the recent case of Andrew Gutmann, who pulled his daughter out of the elite private Brearley School for girls in New York City. As the Daily Mail observed , actresses Tina Fey and Drew Barrymore are among Brearley’s parents, and alumnae include Caroline Kennedy and Elisabeth Murdoch. Gutmann, 45, shared a letter with Weiss about his decision to withdraw his daughter from Brearley, where tuition is $54,000 per year. The parent, Weiss reported, sent the letter April 13 to all of the approximately 600 families in the school. Gutmann wrote to fellow parents: [W]e no longer believe that Brearley’s administration and Board of Trustees have any of our children’s best interests at heart. Moreover, we no longer have confidence that our daughter will receive the quality of education necessary to further her development into a critically thinking, responsible, enlightened, and civic minded adult. I write to you, as a fellow parent, to share our reasons for leaving the Brearley community but also to urge you to act before the damage to the school, to its community, and to your own child’s education is irreparable. Gutmann went on to describe “Brearley’s obsession with race,” observing the school has caved to an “anti-intellectual, illiberal mob”: I cannot tolerate a school that not only judges my daughter by the color of her skin, but encourages and instructs her to prejudge others by theirs. By viewing every element of education, every aspect of history, and every facet of society through the lens of skin color and race, we are desecrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and utterly violating the movement for which such civil rights leaders believed, fought, and died. “I object ...
