The school year is nearly over, and Prince William County Schools (PWCS) Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Walts is calling for some major changes.
In a June 5 email to all PWCS staff, parents, students, Dr. Walts laid out his 'action plan to combat racism,' calling on the email recipients to actively pursue diversity and equity for the school division's more than 91,500 students and to be vigilant in promoting antiracism.
This plan comes in light of both the firing of a Battlefield High School assistant baseball coach due to racist remarks made on social media, and the death of George Floyd, during arrest attempt by former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin.
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