DVUSD
Public Relations Director Sandi Hicks points out
that confidentiality issues prevent the district
from ommenting on disciplinary actions regarding
students.
Kendra
says she isn’t the only black girl at Boulder Creek
experiencing problems. Two of her friends, also
black, were beat up by a group of white girls for
dating white guys, she claims.
Kendra
also is struggling to graduate because she still
is considered a sophomore, even though she should
be finishing her senior year. Kendra has vision
problems and says she finds it difficult to concentrate.
She believes her reading skills are at only a fifth‑grade
level.
According
to Manganelli, she attempted to have her daughter’s
learning problems checked last August and an alternative
education program instituted to help Kendra along,
but the tests were never performed. A handwritten
note she produced from Assistant Principal Annie
Preston states there is no record of that request.
Manganelli
points out, however, that she asked to have her
then six‑yeard‑old son, Jeremy, tested
as well. Jeremy, who is white, was tested and it
was determined he needed special education for his
reading skills. She says Jeremy is doing very well
in his program, yet she still doesn’t understand
why her white son was tested but her black daughter
wasn’t.
Hicks
responded that test applications have no color attached
to them and dismissed race as a reason why Kendra
has not been tested. She also noted more than 2,000
DVUSD students apply for special education programs
every year.
Kendra
still is hoping to earn a degree this year and has
enrolled in an online GED program. She expects to
complete the program in August.
Her
mother says one of the real tragedies of the situation
was that once she decided to pull Kendra out of
BCHS, no one in the school’s administration tried
to talk her out of it.
“They
didn’t do anything to stop her from leaving,” said
Manganelli.
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