Parents of one Long Island, New YorkHigh school argues that competitions against a rival school district will never be planned for alleged racing issues.
The parent teacher Student Association (PTSA) of the Elmont High School, as well as the father’s club of the school, held according to the civil servants of the Nassau County Sports section VIII to discuss what parents call a “long history of racist behavior” of the Bellmore-Merrick School District, according to The New York Post.
Also present in the town hall were representatives of the Sewanhaka School District, where Elmont High School is under, and the Bellmore-Merrick District.
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A girls varsity basketball game on 7 February between Elmont High School and Kennedy High School was the turning point. (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty images)
Lynette Battle, who is a member of the Sewanhaka Board of Trustees, while he is also the former president of the PTSA, called the situation the “definition of insanity,” claiming that it is a recurring situation.
“Something else needs to be done,” Battle added. “And someone must be courageous enough to stand on things.”
The racial incidents are said to be years, but one in particular caused a large storage in the run -up to the meeting. It was a girls Varsity basketball game on February 7 in between Elmont and Kennedy High SchoolThat is in the Bellmore-Merrick School District, that was the turning point.
During the game there was a fight between one player from each side, where only the player from Elmont, who reported the post, was ejected after he was swept to the girl from Kennedy, who is white.
However, once Video came out When he shows the player from Kennedy who first hit the player from Elmont and spoke the last to the suspension. Although section VIII initially maintained their decision to suspend the player, she was restored and she was allowed to participate in a play -off game after a second attraction.
Although Bellmore-Merrick made the decision to voluntarily suspend the Kennedy player involved in the fight, Elmont’s parents have clearly seen enough to see to never see schools from their rival schools, including secondary schools, on their athletic schemes.
During the meeting, Battle for years mentioned alleged racial incidents between the school districts, including one from 2023 during a Junior Varsity volleyball game between Elmont and Kennedy High Schools, when fans reportedly affected Elmont players, who told them to tell Battle.
A similar situation took place in December 2021, when fans of Bellmore-Merrick Mepham High School reportedly called girls “monkeys” during a Junior Basketball Game. Bananas would also be involved.
A similar situation took place in December 2021, when fans of Bellmore-Merrick Mepham High School reportedly called girls “monkeys” during a Junior Basketball Game. (Ethan Miller/Getty images)
With the latter incident, the fans were both disciplined, as the Bellmore-Merrick-Superintendent and athletic director personally apologized at Elmont at their high school, Section VIII director Patrick Pizzarelli told the post.
Battle also described an incident in February 2019, when Elmont Cheerleaders reportedly hurled racial injuries to spectators who support Bellmore-Merrick. She also claims that one of the cheerleaders wore an “Afro-Wig to mock the black players.”
Battle added more incidents in 2022 and 2023 that were reportedly charged racially. However, they have never been reported to the necessary sports forces in the districts.
In response, Section VIII and the districts held workshops for students in the teams involved, while also “reading a courtesy declaration before games,” De Post reports.
“Our children are the ones who are the victims,” ​​Battle replies. “Why do they have to be in the room for a Kumbaya moment?”
The post also interviewed Jonson of the Dads Club, and although his three children may no longer be no longer in the Sewanhaka School system, they all graduated from the Elmont High School and reportedly treated them with similar racial incidents.
Johnson described one with his “Middle Son”, who played against Wellington C. Mepham High School-one in the Bellmore-Merrick district.
Parents of a Long Island, New York, high school argue that competitions against a rival school district are never planned again due to alleged racing issues.
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“He played Lacrosse, and in the middle of the game, the opposite player, after Elmont scored, the opposite player called him the flat N-word and told him he had to get off the field,” Johnson, Black, told the post.
Pizzarelli has defended the way in which section VIII and the respective districts have responded to these incidents, and added that town halls such as this progress made in solving these problems.
Parents beg to differ.
“We trusted our district to help our children look, but I don’t think they did that because they keep doing things to put a plaster on a shot wound,” Johnson told the post.
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