Comment leads to call for Gwinnett county superintendent’s ouster (GA)

D. AILEEN DODD, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

- Parents offended by controversial comments Gwinnett Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks made at a board workshop last week are calling for his resignation.

The parents - black and white - are concerned that Wilbanks, the nation’s longest-serving superintendent, made statements that could be perceived as racist.

The comments in question occurred last week during a presentation about the disproportionate discipline of minority students in Gwinnett.

An administrator said the issue is a problem for school districts nationwide except in Idaho, according to a study. Wilbanks then asked the administrator, James Taylor, executive director of the department of academic support: “Do they have any blacks in Idaho? They don’t have many.”

Parents circulating the comments on the Internet are expressing their disappointment in Wilbanks and school board members who ignored the controversial comments.

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