"I was satisfied with the school's explanation," Wunsch said.
In other words: the ACLU believes the school is lying and making up excuses, but that's OK since only white students missed out on the speech.
It certainly sounds that way. Can you imagine what the ACLU reaction would've been if the Irish Prime Minister came to Brockton High School and the whole student body wasn't able to listen to and see that speech? If it weren't translated for ESL students?
The irony is that this sends the wrong message to Cape Verdean students. A leader of any country coming to a high school is a momentous event, and it should be treated as such for the non-Cape Verdean students, too. Isn't this exercise in stupidity and bigotry telling all of the other students that the Cape Verde Islands aren't a significant country, except to its citizens? Why doesn't the Prime Minister just annex Brockton for his nation?
Sometimes I think they must give those that apply for decision making jobs in education IQ tests, and only hire those who flunk!