Lee High School to Legacy of Educational Excellence High, or LEE, has forced officials to sort through hundreds of items associated with the Confederacy that, except for a select few, no longer will be part of the school. The North East Independent School District board’s decision last year to change the name of Robert E. Nearby was a line of padded folding chairs, the scarlet seats emblazoned with a fully uniformed Confederate soldier, poised for battle. In the second floor of a sweltering warehouse, a pair of heads from Confederate soldier mascot costumes - topped with light gray hats, their wide-eyed cartoon faces sprouting bushy white mustaches - sat encased in clear plastic bags. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 10 of10 Daniel Escalante and Kamryn NIchols check bagged basketball uniforms as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E.
Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 9 of10 Scott Chidgey unfurls a banner as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 8 of10 The mascot costume, with two heads, is stored as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E.
Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 7 of10 Padded chairs line a walkway as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 6 of10 Yearbooks display the old colors as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 5 of10 Yearbooks display the old colors as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 4 of10 Stacks of yearbooks wait as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 3 of10 Auction numbers decorate a display as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Tom Reel, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 2 of10 Daniel Escalante and Kamryn NIchols check bagged basketball uniforms as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Issue a school-wide apology for administration's initial handling of the incident and for inflicting fear in all LSHS LGBTQ+ students in regards to their physical and mental safety at the school.1 of10 Scott Chidgey unfurls a banner as North East ISD employees sort through Lee-branded items from Robert E. Pledge to enforce the school's Zero Tolerance Policy for bullying and harassment.Ĥ. Investigate reports and justly punish the other party for harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation.ģ. Excuse the LGBTQ+ student and their allies from suspension and remove the incident from their permanent records.Ģ. Our demands of Lee's Summit High School Administration:ġ. An ally to the LGBTQ+ student shoved back a member of the harassing party after having asked them to leave (the student was directing homophobic slurs at the LGBTQ+ student and violating the no contact contract), and the harassing party inflicted visible injuries to the ally as a response. A contract of no contact had been reached between the parties privately, which went unenforced by the school and after which verbal harassment continued.Ĥ. Administration's standard policy is to punish both parties regardless of who started the altercation.ģ. The harassment had been reported by students prior to the altercation, and administration did not investigate it.Ģ. After a physical altercation between students on the grounds of continued harassment for sexual orientation, administration punished the LGBTQ+ student and their allies with 5 days of out-of-school suspension, the same punishment given to the party harassing them.ġ.