[Genoa]

I will speculate the school has a significant percentage of minority students. So, banning TV coverage and political debate might protect the health and safety of all students - for one day, anyway.

Whereas it was an uplifting, inspirational event in 2009 and 2013. I don't buy it.

[zeestephen]

Re: “Whereas it was an uplifting, inspirational event in 2009 and 2013.”

No.

It just means that school authorities were completely confident in 2009 and 2013 that white students were not going to provoke or attack minority students.