On the same day, that 20 African-American students were being peppersprayed by police at Sultana High School in Hesperia, An African American PTA president was nearly arrested in the parking lot by another campus safety officer from the Riverside Sheriff's Department. The question begs to be asked, are we turning our public schools populated mostly by students of color into police-states?
Sparks flew at a Jurupa Unified School District meeting when members of the audience voiced their objections to how PTA Vice-President Timel Sebastian was treated by a campus safety officer at Rubidoux High School on Oct. 23.