Wednesday, April 17, 2024
A North Carolina high school suspended a 16-year-old student last week for his use of the word "alien," documents reviewed by Crisis in the Classroom show. The student received a three-day out-of-school suspension after he requested clarification on a vocabulary assignment in which his teacher provided the term "alien," according to his mother, Leah McGhee. The assignment was purportedly part of an ethics lesson. The student was purportedly worried the suspension would weaken his chances of receiving a scholarship for pole vaulting. The student asked his teacher, "like, space aliens or aliens without green cards?" This prompted a classmate to threaten him, according to McGhee. Assistant Principal Eric Anderson allegedly claimed the comment was "racially insensitive" and disrespectful to Hispanic students. |
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