Regarding the Wake County school board meeting reported on Dec. 2, I am appalled that "no copies of the proposal on changing the diversity policy were given to members of the public before they were voted on. Instead, an overhead projector showed a copy with the phrase 'creating and maintaining a diverse student body' with a line through it."
The actions of the new board members remind me of 1960s in Birmingham, Ala., when my high school banned black bands from performing at school dances, fearing they would "force themselves" on us white girls. Even today that same school has only a small minority of black students, most of whom are bused in to help the school win football and basketball games. Is this what we want in Wake County?
Fortunately, my two children graduated from Enloe High School, where they not only received outstanding educations but also were thankfully exposed to racial/ethnic/sexual diversity. That was in a day when the school board valued diversity, and Wake schools were receiving national accolades for their superior education and social consciousness. Too bad the new board members are trying to take us back 40 or 50 years. No doubt this will negatively impact the reputation of our schools across the country.
