So this happened at a high school basketball game here in lovely Southwestern PA...

[Freedomofspeech]

On Wednesday evening, Connellsville HS was playing Uniontown HS. Uniontown has a small population of black students, some of whom play on their basketball team. Students from Connellsville (a hillbilly racist area) held up a Trump/Pence campaign sign and the students were chanting..."Keep them out and build the wall", while black students were shooting foul shots. Of course the Uniontown fans were appalled. This piece of garbage in the White House has tainted everything in this country. I think I will call the Southern Poverty Law Center today.

[GusBob]

1. no call the principal of thes school eom

[Zoonart]

2. Good Ol' Pennsyltucky

I really hate what 45 has unleashed in this country, especially in the youth who are only mirroring their parents. IT IS SO HATEFUL AND HURTFUL.

So glad I don't live in PA anymore. Even "genteel" Bucks County went for 45.

[femmocrat]

3. Someone has to have this on their phone.

Maybe it will show up on the local news.

[PRETZEL]

4. Possibly,

but this has all the makings of something that could easily show up on a national show.

[Freedomofspeech]

5. That is exactly why I am calling the SPLC.

[iamateacher]

6. Call the superintendent of that school system....

Give the information to Philly.com. Also, call the superintendent of that school system. It will never happen again.

[Freedomofspeech]

7. The Superintendent of that district wore a Trump t shirt during the election...

He was a business manager turned Superintendent. ..no education background. He was probably proud of the students.

[blue neen]

12. Are you kidding me?

How can a school superintendent not have a background in education?

Wow.

[irisblue]

14. Sec of Ed doesn't have a background in education either.

[blue neen]

15. True, that.

It's sickening.

[irisblue]

17. totally!

[Freedomofspeech]

18. The Repugs in the PA legislature changed that a few years ago.

Disgraceful.

[blue neen]

19. It looks like this superintendent is doing a real bang-up job!

http://connellsville.com/discuss/?thread=20150580006052

[Freedomofspeech]

23. He is a totally horrible person.

They closed the high school library and threw about 35,000 books into dumpsters. They now have fooseball tables and a recording studio in what used to be the library.

[blue neen]

24. It sure sounds like it.

The information I've been reading is astounding!

[Hortensis]

32. Wow, and thanks for it! Seems like the school board

needs some pressuring and clean-up also, a good place to focus attention.

The day after the election, almost too sick to pay attention to anything, we did at least set up an automatic recurring donation to the national ACLU. We'd let our membership lapse several years ago, but it was a given that the challenges taken on by all these groups were going to be enormous.

[strongermessage]

21. It allows lawyers and business managers to hold the position. One of the reps...

who pushed it through is a lawyer who is now the Superintendent of the New-Kensington Arnold School District in Westmoreland county. His brother is the board president and his father used to be on the board.

[blue neen]

16. Found this on a google search:

http://connellsville.com/discuss/?thread=20150580006052

Info from when he was Business Manager.

[strongermessage]

20. Just looked at that site, they call the Connellsville School Board...

The Martel Cartel.

[blue neen]

22. It sure seems like there's a problem, doesn't there?

Things that make you go "hmmmm".

[Freedomofspeech]

8. I contacted Philly.com. Thank you.

I would contact the Pittsburgh Post Gazette but it is now a right wing rag.

[iamateacher]

9. Great!

Thank you! Technically, that basketball game was on school grounds and that was a violation of anti-bullying mandates to say the least. I will look into this...

[iamateacher]

10. Connell School District has a facebook page...

maybe you can post there. I would also email the super and tell him that you are going to report the incident to US News and World Report (they got a bronze rating frim them). His email is on their district website.

[blue neen]

13. It's worth it for you to contact the Post Gazette.

They're not as bad as the Trib, as far as being right wing. The more coverage of this, the better.

[DeminPennswoods]

11. I have news, it's not just there

My high school alma mater is racially diverse. The stuff our teams sometimes hear when they play teams from the mostly white suburbanites when we play their teams is on the same level. And it's been going on for a long time.

[femmocrat]

25. I just saw it on the KDKA evening news.

It was brief and they just showed a still photo of a group of kids standing on the bleachers. No interview with anyone from the district.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. That is sickening!!!

[dchill]

27. K&R.

[pkdu]

28. Its made local news so far..

https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dnwAkH9O2VNY8_MtVa-773KCSy_3M&q=Connellsville+HS&lr=English&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsq8aw1obSAhWowFQKHRlaCLIQqgIIHTAA

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[Freedomofspeech]

30. A fine example of everything that is wrong with America.

I just read that it was hick night. What the hell does that even mean?

[Skittles]

34. they are proud of their ignorance

[TrekLuver]

29. I tried calling this "superintendent" seems his extension is non existent.

The rotten apple doesn't fall too far from the rotted tree.

[Freedomofspeech]

31. He is a crook...also wore a trump shirt during the election.

[strongermessage]

33. Both the Superintendent and Business Manager of the district have been parts of investigations by...

Allegheny County District Attorney for allegations that happened when they were employed by other districts. The Superintendent made restitution while the allegations involving the business manager are still under investigation.

http://www.wtae.com/article/school-administrator-investigated-for-possible-theft-from-district-1/7472005

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/08/20/Allegheny-County-DA-drops-investigation-of-Elizabeth-Forward-School-Board-president-Phil-Martell/stories/201508200186

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/11188844-74/district-hills-penn