The Florida school had discussed how students with lower grades had a higher chance of going to jail, getting shot or getting killed.
Florida officials said the assembly at Bunnell Elementary School was a “horrible, horrific mistake”. AFP file photo
Florida school district officials have apologised for an elementary school assembly in which Black students were singled out for a presentation on low test scores. Officials at Flagler County's school district in northeastern Florida said at a news conference on Thursday that the assembly at Bunnell Elementary School was a “horrible, horrific mistake” that shouldn't have happened, and that the school's principal has been put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
“The Flagler School Board does not support segregation,” said Cheryl Massaro, the school board's chair.
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