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So If we could do it then, we can do it today,” Swinehart said. That was the first time I read anything like that. “I can remember we read John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” and King Arthur, but what I really remember being meaningful was reading “Beloved” by Toni Morrison and reading “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison. “I think back to my own time at LT,” Swinehart said. She supports changes to make more children feel included, such as instead of having children read “Huckleberry Finn,” LTHS teachers will assign books by Black authors. Swinehart, 45, said the equity statement LT’s School Board recently adopted is a good step in the right direction, but further efforts are needed. The district’s plan to address racial inequity must include “assignable and measurable tasks to improve student belonging, and use a data-centric approach to reduce the achievement gap,” Martinez said. “I’m a young Latino with kids in LT feeder schools who would add a new, unique perspective that’s more representative of our community.” “I want to be a strong voice for equity in achievement and to advocate for access to opportunity,” Martinez said.

Lyons township high school student death