Administrators at Nettleton Middle School in Nettleton, Miss., say they are ‘reviewing’ their processes for student elections after a shocked parent went online to publicize the school’s policy of racially segregating student council positions.
According to a school memo, obtained and uploaded to the Web by parent Brandy Springer, eight-grade candidates for class president must be white; vice-presidential candidates must be black.
The same applies for seventh-grade students, but in the sixth grade, both the president and vice-president have to be white, and the only position open to black students is that of class reporter.
‘Additionally, it is unknown how children who are not black or white would run for student government offices,’ notes the Smoking Gun.
Springer first went public with her revelations on a Facebook page devoted to supporting mixed-race marriages. Of Springer’s children, two are mixed black and white, and two are mixed Native American and white, leaving Springer wondering where her children fit in in the school’s scheme of things.
‘My daughter came home from school telling me that she wanted to try out for the school reporter, but it is only open to black students,