http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/principal-refused-disclose-election-results-after-too-many-white-kids-win School principal Lena Van Haren withheld the results of a student council election because she felt the results were not representative of the student body.Van Haren is the principal at Everett Middle School in San Francisco.
“It’s not okay for a school that is really, really diverse to have the student representatives majority white,” she told the San Francisco Chronicle. “The easy thing would have been to announce the results and move on. I intentionally did not choose the easy way because this is so important.”
No accusations of cheating were made about the election so the legitimacy of the results were not in question. The only issue was that the results lacked diversity. The final vote results were held for a week and parents were contacted about how to have a more representative government.
“This is complex, but as a parent and a principal, I truly believe it behooves us to be thoughtful about our next steps here so we have a diverse student council that is truly representative of all voices at Everett,” she wrote to parents.
Some of the students seemed aware of the problems with the principal's decision. "I feel like it is disrespectful to all the people who were running,” student Sebastian Kaplan told television station KRON. “The whole school voted for those people, so it is not like people rigged the game, but in a way – now it is kind of being rigged.”
“The organizers are saying things like, ‘we want everyone’s voice to be heard,’ but in truth, the voters’ voices are not being heard,” the seventh grader told KRON.
School administrators will meet later this week to discuss how to get more non-white students involved in school politics.
If too many black kids win next year, don't expect her to cry for the white kids. I think the principal may have worked as a vote counter in the last election.
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