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Parents at one Texas middle school are outraged after their sons and daughters were given Ghetto Classroom Awards to mark the end of the school year.
Two teachers, Stephanie Garner and Thomas Couch, signed the certificates that were given to the the boys and girls of Sulphur Springs Middle School, and the principal of the school then gave them her official stamped signature.
Parents did not see much humor in these awards however, and the Sulphur Springs Superintendent Michael Lamb was quick to agree with them.
'I had to take a second look. I was like, really? How could a teacher put this on there?' said Debra Jose, the grandmother of one of the recipients, in an interview with ABC 7.
'Did she just say ghetto on a certificate that she was giving my grandson?'
Jose then detailed her time during segregation, and the problem with using the word 'ghetto,' especially with young people.
'Back in the day, when I was growing up, they segregated us. They put us in a part where they said we were "ghetto,"' she said.
'If she knew what ghetto meant, she would have never approached that, because, being an African-American, we were always thrown that.'
Making people even more upset is the fact that this is the eighth year these certificates have been given to students.
In another interview with CBS Jose said that seeing the award made her break down in tears, and that she lost sleep in the days after it was awarded to her grandson.
Speaking up: Parents and school officials (school above) immediately came out against the awards, and were shocked to learn this was the eighth year these certificates were awarded
It was also revealed after the awards were handed out the Jena Williams, the school principle had nothing to do with the awards, even having someone else sign with her stamp.
'Shocked. Shocked. Truly, it goes in layers,' said Lamb of his response when he first saw the awards.
'You kind of ask yourself, had anything else been used, the "teacher's name" award, would it start to seem more acceptable. The "huh?" award just begs questions.'
As for Mr Couch and Mrs Garner, who teach English and Special Education receptively, they have yet to speak publicly about these awards, and why they thought they were a good idea.
'It is not something SSISD is proud of. It is not acceptable. It is not anything we want to be a part of,' said Lamb.
It was also revealed by Lamb that this practice was developed in another school district, and then taken up by these teachers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-including-special-education-instructor.html
How the hell did this go on for eight years before it got parents attention?
Two teachers, Stephanie Garner and Thomas Couch, signed the certificates that were given to the the boys and girls of Sulphur Springs Middle School, and the principal of the school then gave them her official stamped signature.
Parents did not see much humor in these awards however, and the Sulphur Springs Superintendent Michael Lamb was quick to agree with them.
'I had to take a second look. I was like, really? How could a teacher put this on there?' said Debra Jose, the grandmother of one of the recipients, in an interview with ABC 7.
'Did she just say ghetto on a certificate that she was giving my grandson?'
Jose then detailed her time during segregation, and the problem with using the word 'ghetto,' especially with young people.
'Back in the day, when I was growing up, they segregated us. They put us in a part where they said we were "ghetto,"' she said.
'If she knew what ghetto meant, she would have never approached that, because, being an African-American, we were always thrown that.'
Making people even more upset is the fact that this is the eighth year these certificates have been given to students.
In another interview with CBS Jose said that seeing the award made her break down in tears, and that she lost sleep in the days after it was awarded to her grandson.
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Speaking up: Parents and school officials (school above) immediately came out against the awards, and were shocked to learn this was the eighth year these certificates were awarded
It was also revealed after the awards were handed out the Jena Williams, the school principle had nothing to do with the awards, even having someone else sign with her stamp.
'Shocked. Shocked. Truly, it goes in layers,' said Lamb of his response when he first saw the awards.
'You kind of ask yourself, had anything else been used, the "teacher's name" award, would it start to seem more acceptable. The "huh?" award just begs questions.'
As for Mr Couch and Mrs Garner, who teach English and Special Education receptively, they have yet to speak publicly about these awards, and why they thought they were a good idea.
'It is not something SSISD is proud of. It is not acceptable. It is not anything we want to be a part of,' said Lamb.
It was also revealed by Lamb that this practice was developed in another school district, and then taken up by these teachers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-including-special-education-instructor.html
How the hell did this go on for eight years before it got parents attention?
