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Parents and students urge removal of graphic classroom images, raise equity and special-education concerns
Summary
Several residents told the Wissahickon board Oct. 27 that graphic images and teaching approaches in a social-studies classroom are harming Black and Native students and asked the district to take immediate steps.
Several Wissahickon residents used the boards Oct. 27 public-comment period to raise concerns about classroom materials, equity lessons, special-education services and district transparency.
Saida, a parent, said graphic images in a social-studies classroom including a depiction of a Black man receiving lasheswere causing harm to Black and Native students and called for immediate removal. "Remove those images now," she said, arguing that the images "traumatize Black and indigenous children while reinforcing racial hierarchy." Saida said her son was briefly removed from the class and later returned, and she…
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