Red Flag News(Daily Mail) — If expanding the guest list to include Michelle Obama at graduation for high school students in the Kansas capital city means fewer seats for friends and family, some students and their parents would prefer the first lady not attend.
A furor over what the Topeka school district considers an honor has erupted after plans were announced for Obama to address a combined graduation ceremony for five area high schools next month an 8,000-seat arena. For some, it was the prospect of a tight limit on the number of seats allotted to each graduate.
For others, it was the notion that Obama’s speech, tied to the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education outlawing segregation in schools, would overshadow the student’s big day.
‘I’m a single mother who has raised him for 18 years by myself,’ said Tina Hernandez, parent of Topeka High School senior Dauby Knight. ‘I’ve told him education is the only way out. This is one of the biggest days of their lives. They’ve taken the glory and shine from the children and put on Mrs. Obama. She doesn’t know our kids.’
Hernandez was among the parents and students who spoke Thursday at a school board meeting and urged district officials to reconsider their decision to invite Obama. Ron Harbaugh, spokesman for the Topeka school district, said Friday discussions were under way to work out the logistics and planning for the event, including how many tickets each family would be allotted.
There are over 2000 signatures on the petition now. The person who started the petition stated she would like to have 5,000 signatures by Monday. Let’s help her out, shall we?
The petition is at Change.org. The petition is titled USD 501
“Ron Harbaugh, spokesman for the Topeka school district, … said officials asked the president or first lady to speak at graduation as a tie-in with the anniversary of the Brown decision, which outlawed school segregation.”
Aw, c’mon, name the officials. We would all like to know who invited der führer’s first wookie.
Wampa…
Wookies are good guys. 🙂
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LOL. I stand corrected. Must be a dye job.
It’s all relative anyway, since black is white, and white is black these days. 🙂
I still think MO’s a drag queen….