The parents of a Long Island high school, New York, advocate that the games against a rival school district will never be programmed again due to the alleged racial problems.
The Association of Master’s Students of Parents of Parents of the High School of ELMONT (PTSSA), as well as the School Dad Club, celebrated a City Council with the officials of section VIII of the sport of Nassau County to discuss how parents call a “long history of racist behavior” of the Bellmore-Merick school district, according to the New York Post.
They were also present at the City Council of the Swanhaka School District, which is under Elmont High School and the Bellmore-Merrick district.
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A girl university basketball game on February 7 between Elmont High School and Kennedy High School was the turning point. (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Lynette Battle, which serves at the Sewanhaka Trustee Board, while the former president of the PTSA, described the situation the “definition of madness”, claiming that it is a recurring situation.
“Something different should be done,” Battle added. “And someone needs to be brave enough to stand in business.”
Racial incidents supposedly covered years, but one in particular caused a stir before the meeting. It was a play on university basketball on February 7 between Elmont and Kennedy High School, which is located in the Bellmore-Merrick school district, that was the turning point.
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During the game, there was an altercation between a player on each side, where only the Elmont player, who the post reported is black, was expelled after balanced Kennedy’s girl, who is white.
However, once the video showing the Kennedy player hitting the Elmont first player, the latter appealed the suspension. Although section VIII initially confirmed his decision to suspend the player, he was reinstated and was allowed to participate in a playoff game after a second appeal.
Although Bellmore-Merrick made the decision to voluntarily suspend the Kennedy player involved in the altercation, Elmont’s parents have clearly seen enough to never ask to see the schools of their rival district, including intermediate schools, in their athletic schedules.
During the meeting, the battle listed the years of alleged racial incidents between the school districts, including one of 2023 during a junior university volleyball game between the secondary schools of Elmont and Kennedy, when fans supposedly ran into
A similar situation occurred in December 2021, when Bellmore-Merrick Mepham High School fans supposedly called girls “monkeys” during a Junior university basketball game. It was also said that bananas were involved.
A similar situation occurred in December 2021, when Bellmore-Merrick Mepham High School fans supposedly called girls “monkeys” during a Junior university basketball game. (Ethan Miller/Getty images)
With that last incident, fans were disciplined, such as the Superintendent and Atlético director of Bellmore-Merrick apologized to Elmont in person at his high school, said the director of Section VIII, Patrick Pizzarelli, to the post.
Battle also detailed an incident in February 2019, when Elmont animators allegedly threw racial insults to spectators who support Bellmore-Merrick. He also states that one of the cheerleaders carried an “Afro wig to make fun of black players.”
Battle added more incidents in 2022 and 2023 that were supposedly accused. However, the necessary sports powers were never informed in the districts.
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In response, section VIII and the districts have held workshops for students of the teams involved, while “instituting the reading of a declaration of civility before the games,” reports the post.
“Our children are the ones who are victims,” replies the battle. “Why do they need to be in the room for a moment of Kumbaya?”
The post also interviewed Jon Johnson from Dad’s Club, and although his three children are no longer in the Swanhaka school system, they all graduated from Elmont High School and supposedly treated similar racial incidents.
Johnson detailed one who involved his “Middle Son”, who played against Wellington C. Mepham High School, another in the Bellmore-Merrick district.
The parents of a Long Island high school, New York, advocate that the games against a rival school district will never be programmed again due to the alleged racial problems.
“He was playing Lacrosse, and in the middle of the game, the opposite player, after Elmont scored, the opposite player called him word N and told him to get out of the field,” said Johnson, who is black.
Pizzarelli has defended the way in which section VIII and the respective districts responded to these incidents, adding that municipalities like these have created progress in resolving these problems.
Parents ask to defer.
“We have trusted our district to help review our children, but I don’t think they have done it, because they continue to do things to put a band assistant to a gunshot wound,” Johnson told the publication.
