Students pushing to rename Topeka school district named after KKK leader [View all]
... a report by two journalism students at Seaman High School .. proved ... Fred A. Seaman was a member of the Ku Klux Klan ...
"We have made excuses and excuses for decades, and nobody had cared to do anything about it," said Forrest Brungardt, who with Rene Cabrera and others have been leading the push to rename the school.
"We think a good first step would be distancing ourselves by renaming our school," said Brungardt ...
... Seaman School District ... sent us a statement from their School Board President .. "The board has been receiving feedback on this topic since October and we continue to welcome those who want to reach out to us. I believe it is the board's role to facilitate this community discussion and process. Obviously, this is new ground for us that we are trying to navigate while in the midst of a pandemic but I look forward to working with our community as we develop a process for feedback and a resolution."
https://www.kmbc.com/article/topeka-school-district-named-after-kkk-leader-now-students-community-are-pushing-to-rename-it/35688783#
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