Piedmont schools apologize for offering support circle for white students after Chauvin verdict
Piedmont schools apologize for offering support circle for white students after Chauvin verdict
https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/2021-05-Piedmont-schools-white-support-Chauvin-Flo-16153613.php
An email from Cheryl Wozniak, the assistant superintendent of educational services at Piedmont Unified School District, was sent on April 21 to students and staff at Millennium and Piedmont high schools in light of the verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd last year.
“We are offering a restorative community circle,” an email from Wozniak obtained by SFGATE reads, “to support White students who would like to discuss how the trial, verdict, and experiences related to the George Floyd murder are impacting you.”
Two counselors, she said, will be “holding a space for our White students to process [and] share … to one another.”
According to demographic information shared by the district, the student population across Piedmont Unified schools is 74% white, 20% Asian, 3% Hispanic and 3% African-American. Among the nearly 900 students in the district’s two high schools, Piedmont and Millennium Alternative — 62% are white, 16% are two or more races, 12% are Asian, 8% are Hispanic and 2% are Black.
“Support circles” were also held for BIPOC — a catch-all term for Black and Indigenous people, and other people of color — and African-American and Black students, according to emails obtained by SFGATE.
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