hamilton township school district superintendent

Hamilton Township is one of the many communities across the United States that has demonstrated against racism and police brutality following the death of George Floyd.įour Minneapolis cops have been fired and criminally charged with the homicide, including Derek Chauvin, the white man who placed his knee in the area of Floyd’s head and neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, killing him, prosecutors said.

“Indeed, all students matter,” Hall added.īoard member Jason McSheene said racism is “something that’s been with us forever” and said he is “grateful to see people in our community learning more about things they didn’t know.” The superintendent immediately won praise from several board members for his comments.īoard member Angelo Hall thanked Rocco for standing behind the Black Lives Matter movement, saying it is “very important that the students hear that.” “We must put these goals into action,” he said. The district has a strategic plan to develop character education in grades kindergarten through 12 “in order to develop the whole child,” Rocco said, adding the district further plans to recruit and hire a highly effective professional staff “culturally reflective of the population they serve.” “We the Hamilton Township School District,” Rocco said, “believe Black Lives Matter, and we are putting actions into that belief.” Rocco mentioned homicide victim George Floyd, a black man killed by Minneapolis Police last month, and said Hamilton Township needs to have “honest and tough conversations” on the topics of race and racism.

“We stand against inequality, inequity, and racial injustice,” Rocco said during Wednesday’s remote school board meeting.

Scott Rocco, superintendent of the Hamilton Township School District, admitted the district must take bigger steps to promote equity beyond putting words on paper.

Hamilton township school district superintendent