The National School Boards Association is sorry it got caught when it said in a letter to the DOJ likening irate parents to terrorists.
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More information is coming out regarding the scandalous story of the Loudoun School District rape incident.
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The sad thing here for the daughter is that neither side of the biological family is telling her the whole story, either that, or she is not revealing it for obvious reasons. It just does not ring true in its entirety. There are so many questions here, since I am about the same age as Wint, as he was called, would have been and know how those times were. As a parent, you just do not and did not let your child, and this teen was a child, drop out of high school just to take off to another part of the United States to "look for a job." Furthermore, there are laws regulating the employment of teenagers, and those were in effect then as now. This was not the Great Depression or the 1920s, but a mere fifty years ago. I just don't believe the excuse that he left Idaho to find a job. No, the likely story is he knew he got his girlfriend pregnant, and, like so many guys did in those days, felt he was in no way prepared to be a father, which of course he wasn't. Whether she got pregnant because of an "accident" or whether she did it on purpose in order to "keep" him and force him into marriage is immaterial. He may have given his parents a cover story as to why he was quitting school, if he didn't quit already. And there is the possibility he became estranged from the family over this or something else and may have been kicked out of the house. It just didn't happen kids that young did this. He wasn't legally emancipated, either. And why was there no missing person's report filed decades ago after his family had not heard from him for months, then years?
In those days, abortion was not legal in Idaho and in most parts of the country. There were only two options: give the kid up for adoption or force a marriage between the children to "give the baby a name." Single parenthood back then, especially for white girls, was NOT an option and was heavily stigmatized. This was also before Title IX, and schools were allowed to expel girls for getting pregnant and having kids out of wedlock (though the young fathers were not). Given those dismal state of affairs, Wint may have decided he needed to get out of town, hence the cover story of looking for a job in Coos Bay of all places, not exactly a bustling metropolis. There might have been fishing jobs or shipping jobs or some kind of manual labor jobs, but again, there are problems with this story because of the kid's young age. That he was simply found dead also doesn't compute. This was either a suicide or a murder. Fifteen-year-old boys in good health simply just don't drop dead. Sad for the daughter she never knew her father, but I hope she realizes things aren't always what people tell you they are.
Of course, the story could be true in its entirety, but I have my doubts. Lots of families have family secrets, including my own family of origin, that many children or other relatives do not find out about until many years later, if ever.
The case is remarkable because of the advances in genetic genealogy. If he was murdered, I hope they find out who did it.
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Obituary: Noted children's book author James Pinkney, 81, has died of a heart attack.
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Pinkney illustrated more than 100 books for children and teens, beginning with the 1964 “The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales.” He often worked with author Julius Lester (1939–2018), including on “John Henry” and several books in his “The Tales of Uncle Remus” series. Pinkney also wrote his own books later in his career, including “Noah’s Ark,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “The Lion and the Mouse.” Though he worked in a number of different styles, Pinkney’s preferred medium was watercolor. He was widely honored, including winning several Coretta Scott King Awards. He illustrated notable Black Americans for the U.S. Postal Service for the first Black Heritage postage stamp series in 1977. Pinkney also provided illustrations for publications by the National Park Service and National Geographic, both on the history of the Underground Railroad.
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