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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The three black members of the Charleston County School Board say the board is making decisions that are hurting black students.
Local media outlets report that the three members of the nine-member board walked out of Monday's board meeting in protest.
They say a decision to close predominantly black Lincoln Middle-High School in the rural community of McClellanville to save money is the latest in a series of decisions hurting black students.
The three board members want a new board chairman elected and for the board to reverse the decision to close Lincoln. They also want more black teachers and principals hired and say the district should hire a diversity officer.
The district has 46,000 students and is the second-largest in South Carolina.
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