Historic First 8 Baptist Church “Unity Festival”
Dragons March to, 44-14 Win over Edward Waters 19
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September 26, 2019 Year: II No.: 09
HUMBOLDT SCHOOL BOARD OUST SUPERINTENDENT 3-2 decision sparks turmoil at meeting
Family mourns after Elite Bar & Grill 3 shooting Family member and friends held a candle light vigil and balloon release for Marcus Maxwell who was fatally shot at Elite Night club Saturday morning.
By Bill Marable - CSENews Leon McNeal has been a member of the Humboldt City School System’s Board of Education for three terms. “When I was elected to the board, we only had two African American members and that was Thomas ‘Red’ Porter and myself,” said McNeal who also serves as a Humboldt City Alderman. “I ran for the school board because when I kept seeing our young Black men being in trouble, going to jail and being out of school, that bothered me,” said McNeal when asked why he decided to seek a position on the board. McNeal said he’d gotten fed up with seeing kids who should be in school, walking around, doing things counterproductive to getting a good education. “Kids going to jail. The police picking them up and everything like that; that drove me to want to get involved with the school system,” said McNeal, himself a 1981 graduate of Humboldt High. School Board member Valeria ‘Val’ Wedley is also a product of Humboldt City Schools. “I am a proud Honors Graduate of Humboldt High School. Although I don’t have children in theÊHumboldt City School System, I put three Honor Students through HHS. Two of the three were ranked in the top five of their graduating class. All three were athletes. One graduated from West Point Military Academy in New York, one graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the youngest graduated from The 7
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RECALL PETITION SUCCEEDS, FORCES RECALL ELECTION FOR SCHOOL BOARD 7 MEMBER
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