San Dieguito parents and students rally at school board meeting [Video]

SAN DIEGO — Parents and students carried signs outside the San Dieguito Union High School District board meeting.

Board members met for hours on Thursday night, hearing calls for Dr. Cheryl James Ward to be fired and board trustee Michael Allmanto to resign.

Ward-James was placed on administrative leave after making a controversial comment at a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training meeting.

When looking at students’ grades, trustee Michael Allman posed a question, “Do we know why Asians do so well in school? Do we know why?”

Dr. James-Ward replied, “I can tell you part of that reason. Here in San Dieguito, we have an influx of Asians from China and the people able to make that journey are wealthy, so you’re going to get kids who are most affluent.” 

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