Nettleton Middle School Segregates Students: Only Whites Can Run For President (UPDATED: School Ends Policy): MSNBC reports that the school board for Nettleton Middle school met in an emergency session today and voted to reverse its policy of apportioning student council positions by race:
'It is the belief of the current administration that these procedures were implemented to help ensure minority representation and involvement in the student body,' Superintendent Russell Taylor said in a statement.
'Therefore, beginning immediately, student elections at Nettleton School District will no longer have a classification of ethnicity. It is our intent that each student has equal opportunity to seek election for any student office.'
Nettleton Middle School in Mississippi is facing criticism in the wake of reports that its students were told they could only run for certain student council posts based on their race.
