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Update: School District clears S. Philly High student Hao Luu
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Update: School District clears S. Philly High student Hao Luu
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| Photo | Isaiah Thompson |
| Luu's grandmother asked the District to clear the student's name |
The Inquirer reports this morning that the School District has cleared the name of Hao Luu, the student implicated by District officials in having played a role in provoking the Dec. 3 attacks on Asian students at South Philadelphia High School, and whose story City Paper broke Wednesday (in our cover story, Luu is referred to as "Guy").
The District had suspended and then attempted to transfer out Luu, citing a single report taken from individuals who Luu says had confronted him, and not vice-versa. Later, officials accused Luu of being in a gang.
Reports the Inquirer:
City school district officials formally acknowledged yesterday that 17-year-old Hao Luu was not connected to a street gang - an allegation that was used to ban him from South Philadelphia High.
Evelyn Sample-Oates, the district's vice president for communications, said a letter had been placed in Luu's file to acknowledge his innocence and clear his name of the charge.
"If there's any wrongdoing on the school district's part," she said, promising a full review, "we certainly will apologize to him and his family."
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The district, at the request of the School Reform Commission, will examine the actions and decisions that led to Luu's suspension and ban from the school, which was convulsed by racial violence Dec. 3.
Good news to Luu and his family, no doubt — and, frankly, to us here at City Paper, as well.
But ... did I just read that the District's handling of this is being examined by ... the District?
[...] Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that this never happened and a discipline hearing which confirmed that this did not happen… the district stuck to this narrative of a ‘gangsta’ Asian boy starting it all on December 2nd.    (Update: On March 19th following an investigative report on the district’s railroading of this student – the school district cleared the name of this wrongly accused student.)  [...]
Wow - what a bunch of racist district administrators. Can someone forward this to the White House, this needs national attention or else it'll be swept under the rug. Kudos to the Citypaper for being frank and honest.
Thanks for your great work on this story. I have no doubt that the strength of the story had a lot to do with pushing the District to take action after months of stalling this deeply wronged family.
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