June 25, 2007
Gay-Kiss-O-Phobe School Supe Forced to Eat Crow
School district regrets deleting gay kiss
A Newark city school district that ordered staffers to use markers to black out a picture of a male student kissing his boyfriend from all copies of a school yearbook now says it regrets the decision.
Superintendent Marion A. Bolden issued an apology to the student, Andre Jackson, according to a statement released by the district on Monday.
“The decision was based, in part, on misinformation that Mr. Jackson was not one of our students and our review simply focused on the suggestive nature of the photograph,” the district said.
“Superintendent Marion A. Bolden personally apologizes to Mr. Jackson and regrets and embarrassment and unwanted attention the matter has brought to him,” according to the statement.
The district said it would reissue an “un-redacted version” of the 2007 yearbook to any student of East Side High School who wants one.
See also:
Newark School Supe Orders Gay-Kiss Blackout. Literally.
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