Superintendent addresses Black Lives Matter controversy at school

  • Portia Burns, who spoke at Monday’s Board of Education meeting, has been an outspoken leader in the community, including at the demonstration against racism in Clarkesville in June. Photo by ISAIAH SMITH
    Portia Burns, who spoke at Monday’s Board of Education meeting, has been an outspoken leader in the community, including at the demonstration against racism in Clarkesville in June. Photo by ISAIAH SMITH
       Community leader Portia Burns spoke passionately Monday night at the Habersham County Board of Education meeting about respect for Black lives in the wake of a controversy at the Ninth...

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