Virginia personal college faces backlash, college students reportedly performed segregation sport

Harris Marley

World Courant

A personal college in Alexandria, Virginia is below scrutiny after college students reportedly performed a sport wherein Black college students have been segregated, on college grounds.

FOX 5 in Washington, D.C. reported that the incident passed off at Lyles-Crouch Conventional Academy, which is described on the college’s web site as a Okay-5 public college in Previous City Alexandria with a various scholar physique.

In keeping with studies, the scholars performed the sport throughout social research and the college’s principal, Laura Burkart, informed mother and father concerning the matter by means of a letter.

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Within the letter, Burkart reportedly described the sport as inappropriate, although she didn’t apologize for the incident.

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Fourth-grade college students on the Lyles-Crouch Conventional Academy in Alexandria, Virginia, allegedly performed a sport that concerned segregation. (Google Maps)

The station spoke with a mother or father off-camera, who mentioned her African American daughter was a sufferer of the so-called segregation sport.

The mom informed the station Burkart didn’t apologize, although the scholars concerned within the sport did.

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The fourth-grade college students have been on the playground throughout after-school hours when the sport was performed.

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A picture of scholars working in a classroom whereas a instructor speaks.  (iStock)

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The mom mentioned a number of white college students informed her daughter she couldn’t enter their imaginary schoolhouse or play with them as a result of she was Black.

When the mom met with Burkart, the principal reportedly obtained emotional. She additionally demanded that the scholars apologize to the mom’s daughter.

Nonetheless, the mom informed the station that Burkart’s dealing with of the matter alienated her daughter much more.

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And it was not simply her daughter who was concerned. In truth, the station reported that a number of different minority kids have been allegedly excluded from taking part in with the White kids.

Fox Information Digital reached out to the college for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.

Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.

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