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Councilman Street criticizes proposed Brandywine/Red Clay plans in heated remarks
Summary
Councilman Street delivered a forceful, racially charged statement opposing consolidation plans tied to Red Clay and Brandywine school discussions, criticizing desegregation-era solutions and expressing concern about student placement; the chair called for order but did not cut the remarks short.
Councilman Street used the Other Business portion of the Dec. 9 meeting to air a lengthy statement opposing recommended plans from the Red Clay/Brandywine discussions.
Street described a large public meeting in the Brandywine School District where people "adamantly oppose any plan," and said he was "livid" about recommendations from a consortium and task forces. He criticized proposals he characterized as forcing students to attend schools in ways he called "fundamentally unfair." In the course of his remarks Street said, "My children are not gonna go to school with those little black kids from the East Side and West Center City and the city of Wilmington," and later, "Hell no, we won't go, or they ain't coming here." The chair repeatedly called for order while Street spoke.
The transcript records no contemporaneous rebuttal or disciplinary action during the meeting; after Street finished the chair thanked him and the meeting proceeded to adjournment.
The committee did not take formal action on the school proposals during this meeting; Street's remarks were delivered as a councilmember comment during Other Business.
