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A Black Student’s Mother Complained About ‘Fences.’ He Was Expelled.
A dispute about the reading of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play in an English class escalated at the mostly white Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C.
Faith Fox and her son Jamel.Credit.Travis Dove for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
When the mother of a Black ninth grader at a private school in Charlotte, N.C., learned last month that his English class was going to be studying August Wilson’s “Fences,” an acclaimed play examining racism in 1950s America, she complained to the school.
The drama, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and was adapted into a critically praised film starring Denzel Washington in 2016, is about a Black family and is peppered with racial slurs from the first page.
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The Lexington OWLL program (Older, Wiser, Lifelong Learners) is offering two courses during its winter term, both on Zoom.
In January and February, Bill Gette, a frequent and popular OWLL presenter, will give a class titled “Our Magnificent National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.” Gette will take the class to New Mexico, South Carolina, Wyoming and Arizona with photos and accounts of his travels there. Gette is the founding director of Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport and has been leading travel programs since 1986.
Classes will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on four Tuesdays, Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2 and 9.
College Guy: What to do if your application was deferred
Brennan Barnard
Question: My Early Decision application to college was deferred. What do I do now?
Answer: I have good news and bad news for you, but first let’s start by defining what we are talking about. When an early admission application is deferred, the school is essentially postponing its decision. Instead of admitting or denying your bid for admission, they are placing you in limbo to have your application reconsidered during regular decision review.
The good news is you are still in the game. Though disappointing, I encourage you to view this as an affirmative outcome, one that puts the ball back in your court to make your case. By deferring your application, a college is acknowledging that you are admissible and capable of being successful on their campus.
Local author Illona Holland pens story about gunpowder mill explosion
A newly released children’s book by local author Ilona E. Holland is based on a firsthand account of an explosion at a DuPont gunpowder mill in 1818. December 12, 2020
Author, educator and presenter Ilona E. Holland of Rehoboth Beach recently released her new children s book, “The Great Explosion: A Powder Mill Chronicle.” Published by Hagley Museum and Library, the book tells the story of the courageous du Pont children as they escape the Great Explosion of 1818. It is based on a firsthand account and includes much informational background about life on the Brandywine in the 19th century. The illustrations were done by Judy Love, who also collaborated with Holland on “The Lost Locket of Lewes,” which won first-place awards in children’s fiction from the National Federation of Press Women and the Delaware Press Association.