Middle School Principal Blocks Student Election Results After Not Enough Minorities Win

Congratulations, America: democracy is now problematic.

A San Francisco middle school principal is withholding the results of a student election due to the lack of diversity among the candidates who won. Although Everett Middle School is 80% non-white, principal Lena Van Haren claims the results “weren’t representative” of that fact.

“That is concerning to me because as principal I want to make sure all voices are heard from all backgrounds,” Van Haren told local Fox affiliate KTVU. She said that one of her priorities as an educator was to see her students become “agents of change.”

At this time, the school has not announced how it plans to move forwards. Van Haren says they will hold a meeting to try to find a way to honor the results of the election while still including more minority students.

Watch above, via KTVU.

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