Many students and staff members at Decatur sported the school’s blue and white colors Friday as they worked to restore the school’s image in the wake of media accounts of racial strife at the Berlin school.
“We’re trying to show how we really are at Stephen Decatur,” senior Delilah Purnell said. “It’s a welcoming school. There may be differences. It happens. But to say there’s a race war at Stephen Decatur that’s not true at all.”
Purnell and fellow seniors Payton VanKirk and Jake Gaddis reached out to local media outlets Friday to defend their high school. Earlier in the week, The Daily Times published a story about two student fights and a racial social media post that reportedly related to them. The newspaper also shared videos of the fights and the recording of a 911 call that occurred after one fight. Later in the week local television news broadcast similar stories with the videos.
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Van Kirk, and Gaddis are last names of past/present teachers, principals, administrators in Worcester County.
Just interesting, or deliberate that they should be a part of this 'student task force',.., hummmmmm??!!??
Smells like some well designed 'cover up' is going on.
JMO
10:08 Agreed.
Blame the victim.
Or is the DT trying to incite racial tension so it will have a story to report?
Wouldn't be the first time that rag harped on b.s. to sell itself, thereby contributing to strife.
It is what it is. What's going on is going on. What Worcester County is doing is called "Spin Control." The videos, tweets, and student experiences speak for themselves.
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