I received this email from a former teacher at Harbor City High School here in Baltimore. I’m still in the process of verifying the details of this story. Please keep our kids in your prayers, but AFTER YOU PRAY or AS YOU PRAY- find some way to ACT. An African Proverb gives us a necessary reminder: “When we pray, we move our feet.”
One of the young ladies I work with just notified the office of this incident. This is very serious. She knows this lady personally and thought that everyone should be aware of this. Especially those with children in school. Apparently, there is a huge problem at this school [Harbor City High School], that cost the life of a young man last week, Jan. 2006. Apparently, there is a gang called the “Rainbow Thug Gang”. It is a group of boys that are violently bi-sexual and they are imposing themselves on young boys at this school. A young man was brutally raped in a school bathroom last week and could not handle the consequences. The young man hung himself. His mother said he had been acting a little strange and was limping for a couple days, he would not say much when asked what was wrong. Two days later, his mother found him hanging from a banister with a note attached to him explaining what happened and that the “Rainbow Thug Gang” did it. All of their names were listed on his suicide note and they have been apprehended.
The name of the gang, Rainbow Thugs, sounds a little fictitious. I guess it’s because the name sounds so corny. But the story of what happened to the young man is reminiscent of some thing that is said to be occurring in schools all over the country.
A few years ago, I served as a consultant to one of the smaller school districts in Houston. They had a large number of homosexual boys and girls in their high schools. The kids were always complaining about the very forward advances that some of the gay and lesbian children were making towards them. Interestingly enough, rumors of girls being sexually assaulted by a group of lesbians in the bathroom spread throughout the school district. My baby sister, who was attending one of the high schools in that district at that time, actually refused to go the restroom at school. She confessed that she was afraid of being trapped and sexually assaulted by some of the girls. Pretty weird…
When I was in high school, I was trying to figure out ways to shield myself from inappropriate comments and groping from the boys. I can’t imagine what it would have been like if I had to deal with lesbians coming on to me. God help if I had to worry about being sexually assaulted by girls. In college, I had to deal with men and homosexual women coming on to me. But at that point, I was mature enough to know how to deal with both parties. Plus, I didn’t take it personal.
If that story is true, I feel sad that the young man felt like suicide was the only way to escape his grief. I’m bothered when I hear about any person that sinks into an abyss of depression after they’ve been abused. God bless our children. God bless us.
Malcom
Where are we going when we move our feet?
Well, one place people can go is to a “Save Our Schools” Rally at Northwest High School going on tonight hosted by the NAACP.
From Baltimore’s Mayor (O’Malley)
As many of you may already know, the State of Maryland, the State Department of Education and the General Assembly have tied all of Baltimore’s future capital funding for education to school closures.
And unfortunately, without affecting some school closures this year, we will not receive any future funding from the state to improve our facilities, which are by far and away the oldest in Maryland.
Given this state of affairs, in September of last year I charged my staff with reducing Baltimore’s public school square footage by fifteen percent over the next three years. And, soon there after, we began the six-month process of right-sizing our system to match facilities with the needs of our children.
Over 9,000 community residents, parents, students, teachers and principals have worked with us to craft a strategy that achieves our goal of a fifteen percent reduction while doing all we can to limit the impact on our students. Community residents have toured buildings, analyzed data, completed surveys and participated in work sessions and public hearings aimed at identifying where we need to consolidate, rezone, renovate and build new buildings.
On March 28th, the final plan and recommendations for fall 2006 school closures will be presented to the Board of Education for action… but you still have a chance to have your views heard and be part of the process.
The City has scheduled three more public hearings on the subject of school closures and I urge anyone with a stake in the matter to attend and participate. We need all the input we get from our residents and want to ensure that everyone has a fair shot to have their points recognized.
Regional and citywide hearings are scheduled for:
Monday, March 6, 6:00 pm: Lake Clifton High School (Regional)
Wednesday, March 8, 6:00 pm: Southwestern High School (Regional)
Saturday, March 11, 10:00 am: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Citywide)
Please visit http://www.baltimorecityschools.org and click on the Facility Solutions link for more information.
Is this story true or a rumor? Has this story been confirmed? Just wondering…
Not confirmed yet. Still working on it.
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