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A few called for her resignation in 2016 after she used the term “ghetto school” during a meeting where School Board members discussed plans to make Cedar Park Elementary School an option school to avoid racial imbalance at surrounding schools; the neighborhood nearby is a low-income, racially diverse pocket of North Seattle. She apologized for the comment.
‘I absolutely blew it,’ Harris said last week. ‘I’ve chewed on it and it’s made me a hell of a lot more sensitive and I think probably more effective.’
Former School Board member Stephan Blanford, the only black member of the board at the time, called the moment ‘sickening’ and ‘disrespectful of her own (diverse) constituency.’”
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Black History Today, created by Marcus Harden in honor of Black History Month, pays tribute to the living legacy of Black history in our community and recognizes the people among us who are boldly shaping the future. The long-running series has continued to grow and now lives as an exhibit at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle.