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The school board members are Chairperson Mary Young, Superintendent
Tara Cooper, Roy Cook, Vice Chair; Marty Orvin, George Parker, and
Mike Reese. Photo by D. Hearn.
SCHOOL
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Jenkins County parents
Facebook page, and a
parent noticed the trashcan
named “Shanequa”. The
trashcan was decorated
with large eye lashes, blond
wig, and lips.
The Chairman of the
Board of Education, Mary
Young, opened the meeting
stating, “the Board does not
condone this incident and
is taking steps to ensure
that nothing similar ever
happens again.” Chairman
Young continued, “I
understand how you all
feel, not only as a member
of this community but
as a black woman. I am
appalled at what happened,
but we can’t go back, we
can only go forward. If you
know me, you can say that
I, and this board, do not
condone what happened.
We are better than all of
this.” Young concludes her
remarks on the incident
saying, “we are going to
have to put things in place
to make sure nothing like
this ever happens again. I
do not want any child to go
to our school and feel like
they are going to be bullied
or there is going to be any
kind of bias because of
their race. That will not be
tolerated in this county and
the board members feel the
same way.”
Young thanked everyone
for their participation in
the meeting saying, “I am
so glad you all are here
to voice your opinions
and concerns.” Young,
mentioned policies that
had been put in place to
make sure that everything
is equal for everyone. She
states, “part of our policy
is that any person of color
who applies for a job will
automatically receive an
interview. We added people
of color to the tribunals
so that everyone is treated
fairly. This is all beneficial
to our children. Black,
White, Asian, Hispanic, all
races. I, as a black person, I
want you to know how I feel
and how I felt when I heard
what happened. When this
happened, when the kids
did this, they should have
been stopped right there
in the classroom.” She
concluded her time and the
public participation section
of the meeting commenced.
Tracy George, a Jenkins
County resident, and
parent addressed the board
saying, “I would like to
thank you for providing
policy for a better learning
environment. However,
I have a few questions,
how can the educators that
allowed this to happen
justify this? How can they
justify the decorating? How
can they find the decorated
trash can ethical?” Ms.
George gave an example
of how the situation
could have been avoided,
stating that “the students
or educators could have
simply named the trash can
after one of themselves.”
She pointed out the picture
of the trashcan was posted
on social media and was
not taken down until
a comment was made
regarding race relations.
Ms. George asked a few
more questions, the first
being, “How long was each
of the educators monitoring
the event? Did they have
race training? Do they take
an oath every year? Do
they get yearly training?
Will this retraining rectify
the issue at hand? Will the
educators be punished?”
She also expressed
her opinion on what
should happen to those
involved, saying, “They
(the educators) should
be punished if they don’t
comply with the code of
conduct. These educators
are adults and should be
held accountable.”
Superintendent Tara
Cooper addressed the
room saying, “The actions
of the students and staff
involved in this incident
are not acceptable and
will be addressed. It was
wrong. I love this school
system.” Superintendent
Cooper continues saying,
“We are going to use
this opportunity to grow.
Learning what is culturally
appropriate is how we
grow. Dr. Devon Flowers
is a policy programmer
at UGA and an expert
on understanding race
in education. He will
guide us in the next steps
and oversee our training
program and action plan.”
She invited the parents
and any citizens interested
in participating to do so
explaining, “If you are a
parent and are interested in
being part of the solution,
we would love to have you
help with this.” The Board
allowed a few minutes
for anyone interested to
sign up and many took the
opportunity.
While the meeting was
short, the Board made clear
their stance on the incident
at hand and let the public
know that steps were being
taken to make sure that
the Jenkins County School
System is one of love,
tolerance, and fairness. For
more information or to sign
up to help with the race
relation training, please
contact the Jenkins County
Board of Education.
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