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Via WISTV
Civil rights group, The National Action Network, announced Thursday, they are calling for an investigation into the firing and rehiring of Academic Magnet High School football coach Bud Walpole, and what they call a lack of diversity at the school.
The group was joined by the Charleston Branch NAACP, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and others in a 10 a.m. presser in front of the Charleston County School District headquarters on Calhoun Street.
Representatives with the National Action Network announced they have filed a federal complaint with the U.S. Justice Department, and are asking the Office of Civil Rights to investigate the lack of diversity at Academic Magnet, as well as the handling of Walpole’s firing, and subsequent rehiring. […]
According to the NAACP, “the overwhelmingly white parents of the football student team galvanized a significant amount of support around re-instating Coach Walpole and demanded the firing of Superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley.”
NAACP officials said firing McGinley would send the wrong message, and instead blamed the school board for the handling of the situation, demanding they release records of their investigation into the conduct of Academic Magnet High School football team, coaches and staff.
They went on to blame the Charleston County School Board for not supporting diversity in their schools.