Florida principal resigns weeks after Black students are singled out at an assembly

[Jose Garcia]

Source: CNN

CNN
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The principal of a Flagler County, Florida, elementary school has resigned from her post weeks after an assembly was held for Black fourth- and fifth-grade students, who were collectively told to improve their school performance, according to the school district.

“Donelle Evensen, principal at Bunnell Elementary School, has informed Superintendent LaShakia Moore that she is resigning,” the district said Thursday in a news release.

Evensen and a teacher were placed on administrative leave days after the August 18 assembly that singled out African American students from the two grades, CNN previously reported.

During the assembly, a 2023-2024 school year goals and objectives PowerPoint presentation was used that read, in part, “AA have underperform (sic) on standardized assessment for the last past 3 years,” Cheryl Massaro, Flagler County School Board chair, told CNN in an email last month.



Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/us/florida-principal-resigns-flagler-county-reaj

[Earth-shine]

1. Here's the correct link ...

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/us/florida-principal-resigns-flagler-county-reaj

I'm glad she's resigning. She's obviously an underperforming principal.

[elias7]

2. Right, used to be teachers and principals would take the responsibility for poor performance

[dalton99a]

3. Donelle Evensen, dumb racist

Donelle Evensen

[Lonestarblue]

5. She deserves never to work in education again or even near children.

White privilege rears its ugly head again. She’ll probably end up in the backward DeSantis state administration to promote more racist policies.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Are you kidding?

De Santis will find a soft place for her to land. I'm shocked she was reprimanded at all. This is Florida.

[rpannier]

9. So she's the victim

Amazing how they turn this around to make themselves the victim

[Chi67]

4. OMG

What an awful thing to do to elementary school kids. I just read an article that she thought she should be able to stay! She has no idea what a terrible thing she did. Worst of all, she thought it was OK and expressed no remorse.

[riversedge]

7. No doubt she will find a another job--after all, she is in Desantis's Florida!!

[exboyfil]

8. The slide wasn't even grammatically correct

[scarletlib]

10. I was going to point that out. Thanks for noticing it.

The person(s) who created that Power Point is in no position to lecture anyone.

[Aristus]

11. Yeah, and the principal didn't proofread it, obviously.

She has no business telling elementary school children that they're 'underperforming'.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

12. And no white kids have underperformed on their test scores?

I find that highly improbable in a place with far more than its fair share of racist white families who are allergic to learning anything worthwhile.

[llashram]

13. drip drip drip

of fascism-racism by... fills me with anger and sadness over the state of American inclusion and fairness concerning people of colour. African-Americans specifically.