Wendy Liberatore reports for the Times Union that TJ Sangare, a Black graduate from Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, says that being African-American at the school means not having Black teachers, being discouraged from taking advancement placement classes, and not being assigned any books by Black authors until senior year. Other basketball players at the school say they often hear the 'n' word. Now students at the school have 11 demands to end what they call injustices at the Saratoga County high school where 76.5 percent of the almost 10,000 students are white. The students want a ban of hate symbols including the Confederate flag, a more diverse staff, and efforts to make Black and Queer history part of the curriculum, as well as an end to racist, homophobic, and transphobic harassment. “I’ve been met with double talk, political answers and resistance,” Sangare told the school board. “I'm frustrated, as you are, with being questioned. I’m frustrated that as a recent Shen grad and the young adults with me are having our motives and characters questioned.” Superintendent Oliver Robinson, who is Black, wrote an email response to the students requests, saying safeguards were already in place to ensure equity. Asked about tracking statistics Robinson said, “Shenendehowa does not show any disproportionate trends and works hard to ensure that this is the case.” But former student Samira Sangare retorted, "Less than 3.4 percent of Black kids are in AP classes. That’s sounds pretty disproportionate to me.” Read more about this story in the Times Union.