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Racial Remark By Staff Member Prompts Student Walkout, Investigation At School In Westchester Racial Remark By Staff Member Prompts Student Walkout, Investigation At School In Westchester
Racial Remark By Staff Member Prompts Student Walkout, Investigation At School In Westchester Students at a school in the area staged a temporary walkout in solidarity for a classmate after a staffer reportedly made a racially insensitive comment to a student-athlete in Westchester County. An investigation has been launched at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, the school's president, Brother Thomas R. Leto, announced in a statement after the administration was made aware of the comment over the weekend reportedly made on Friday, Nov. 19, reporting it immediately to authorities. In response, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, students staged the brief walkout in support of the student and to speak out a…

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Fairfield County HS Students Made NCAA-Type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say Fairfield County HS Students Made NCAA-Type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say
Fairfield County HS Students Made Ncaa-type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say March Madness got a little more maddening for some Connecticut educators in Fairfield County. Students at Fairfield Ludlowe and Fairfield Warde high schools are in hot water after allegedly collaborating to create an NCAA basketball tournament-like bracket to allow participants to “vote” on their female classmates. The brackets reportedly included the names of girls at both schools on the lines where teams would be listed on a traditional bracket, allowing students to vote. The bracket was then posted on social media, school officials said. Brackets were first posted on Instagram and inclu…

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