Aledo High School senior Piper Minick said she was disgusted and physically ill by what she described as blatant acts of racism in the school district and by flyers depicting a slave sale discovered Monday morning.
âThe motto in Aledo is Growing Greatness and I donât know about yâall but I have been taught my whole life by my mom, by my teachers, that actions speak louder than words. It is now time that our students of color can come to school and not be devalued by their peers,â Minick said. âI say this with the utmost respect, no amount of state championship titles are now going to erase the racism here in Aledo and that we are now known for.â
5 hrs ago
Two Aledo ISD mothers who said their sons were the target of racial bullying addressed the school board publicly Thursday night, expressing concern over their children s well-being and protection.
âWe â our families and our sons who are being put through this because of the stance that you all failed to take â feel that you all failed them,â one mother said during the special called meeting.
The mothers said they were notified about the incident on March 25 when screenshots of a Snapchat group surfaced.
âIt was a post from a Snapchat entitled â(N-word) Auction,ââ one of the mothers said. âAs I looked down on the screen at the various name changes of the group, it included âSlave Trade,â it included â(N-word) Farmâ and then I saw my sonâs name.â
From staff reports
9 hrs ago
Aledo ISD said it has assigned disciplinary consequences after an incident about two weeks ago involving students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Center bullying and harassing other students based on their race.
The statement was made on the district s homepage Monday afternoon after social media posts referenced an apparent Snapchat screenshot which appears to refer to a group chat created called The (n-word) trading club/slave trade.
According to a report by the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram of one of the screenshots, one person typed they would spend $1 on a peer, and another person wrote in the chat they would pay $100 for someone else.