Posted on 03/29/2014 5:29:19 PM PDT by lowbridge
Officials with the Olathe School District issued an apology Friday after only black students were invited on a school outing.
On Wednesday, a letter was sent to Olathe South High School students by Assistant Principal Candy Birch. In the letter, Birch said in her role as activities director that she wanted to give students an additional opportunity to connect with each other.
"So we are planning an outing open to our African-American sophomores and juniors," she wrote.
The event on April 5 would include a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the American Jazz Museum, lunch at Arthur Bryant's and then a visit to the Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery to see the "History and Hope: Celebrating the Civil Rights Movement" exhibit.
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Yes! I’ve smiled at a reproduction of that cartoon hanging in AB’s every time I visit.
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