Anna-Jonesboro High School has made national news due to a survey that was distributed at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School last week on Wednesday by an unidentified number of students who call themselves “the anti-queer association”.
That information from Rob Wright, the school’s superintendent, was provided to NBC News. The students distributed a survey asking if students think “queers” should be allowed to use the school’s restroom with “normal” people.
The survey was circulated at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School last week and the superintendent told NBC News that only a few copies of the poll were handed out before the school discovered them on Wednesday. An image of the survey had been posted to Facebook.
Superintendent Wright said that the number of students involved in this debacle were very limited and that the disciplinary measures were taken against them. He also told NBC that he couldn’t really give any specific information regarding any individual students or what measures were taken – but he says this type of harassment is taken very seriously by the district and they won’t tolerate it under any circumstances.
Superintendent Wright told NBC “we see this in the real world with adults having a hard time expressing their differences in an appropriate manner.” He said “we have to start doing that with students at this age too and know that everybody is welcome and everybody deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.”
Anna-Jonesboro also made national news at the end of August when they wished to use Federal COVID-19 dollars for a new football field.
The Illinois State Board of Education rejected that request due to the fact that grants are to be used for items such as providing mental health services and support for students, addressing the needs of low income students and students with disabilities, helping to provide access to technology, and addressing changes associated with the Coronavirus, rather than spending it on sports programs.
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