The Superintendent is Mr. Islam (as in "the religion of peace") and the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (as in "Dreamers" and "America's hope for the future").
Rialto Unified School District (RUSD) is a school district in Rialto, California. The interim superintendent is Mohammad Z. Islam. The president of the board of education is Joanne T. Gilbert.LINK:
"From the bottom of my heart, I feel sorry for this whole thing happening," said interim Supt. Mohammad Z. Islam, adding that he accepted full responsibility for the incident.LINK:
Ethnicity African American 17.0% American Indian or Native Alaskan 0.3% Asian 1.0% Filipino 0.5% Hispanic or Latino 73.2% Pacific Islander 0.6% Caucasian 5.8% "Multiple or No Response" 1.5%English Learners English Learners (EL) 30.9% Non EL 69.1%Free or Reduced-Price Meals Yes 75.7% No 24.3%
Public “skool” - check.
Mostly illegal aliens - check.
What the h*ll do you expect?
How many teens do you know who could tackle that particular idea with ANY clarity? MOST probably didn't even know what a "holocaust" was.
Here’s to one of the other 1150 students bringing great uncle Abraham for show and tell.
When I was a teen I would have staked out the position that was most likely to get adults upset.
What the heck is wrong with Calif ?
It if fundamentally a bad idea to ask students to chose to be for or against a position when one of those choices is deemed unacceptable. In that situation, it is the exact opposite of critical thinking because the choice given really was not a choice at all.
(This was actually published in the LA Times in 1993, not from some loony neo-Nazi website.)