Thank you for your thorough reporting. It adds nuance and some perspective where it was lacking in the less than stellar stories other news outlets have released.
Oct 17, 2023·edited Oct 17, 2023Liked by B.C. Kowalski
“Yet at no point did any of the students, or anyone else…”
One point of correction here. The students tried repeatedly to present their side of the story. The Instagram account was their last ditch effort to be heard. Several students spoke out against the allegations at school board meetings, students repeatedly wrote and emailed members of the administration and the school board to present corrections and to seek out information, students contacted other media outlets for interviews, and they spoke up in defense of Perkins all across social media. For their efforts, they were ignored, metaphorically patted on the head and told to let the adults handle things, accused of being racists and bigots, and told that they were “victims who didn’t know it yet.” All but one of the media interviews (his daughter’s interview with WAOW) disappeared into the void. Instead of asking why they didn’t speak up, a better question is to ask why you were unaware of how hard they tried. Why were they silenced from every quarter?
Thank you for your thorough reporting. It adds nuance and some perspective where it was lacking in the less than stellar stories other news outlets have released.
This is real journalism. Great work at digging through all the material.
Thank you for this.
“Yet at no point did any of the students, or anyone else…”
One point of correction here. The students tried repeatedly to present their side of the story. The Instagram account was their last ditch effort to be heard. Several students spoke out against the allegations at school board meetings, students repeatedly wrote and emailed members of the administration and the school board to present corrections and to seek out information, students contacted other media outlets for interviews, and they spoke up in defense of Perkins all across social media. For their efforts, they were ignored, metaphorically patted on the head and told to let the adults handle things, accused of being racists and bigots, and told that they were “victims who didn’t know it yet.” All but one of the media interviews (his daughter’s interview with WAOW) disappeared into the void. Instead of asking why they didn’t speak up, a better question is to ask why you were unaware of how hard they tried. Why were they silenced from every quarter?
Just the facts. Great story and research unlike the other local biased online -- which they claim to be non biased. Thanks Wausonian.