Kurt Telford, principal of Charlotte Catholic, issued a forgiving statement, WBTV said: Soon there will be a meeting between the schools' cheerleading squads to facilitate goodwill and understanding. Butler High School cheerleaders have sent an apology letter to counterparts at Charlotte Catholic. Principal Golden and Learning Community Superintendent Tangela Williams have spoken with leaders from Charlotte Catholic to offer verbal apologies.

School and district officials will offer no specific information about this disciplinary matter. Squad members and adults responsible for oversight will face consequences as a result of that banner display. The administration, the coaches, the athletic director - they had to know it.'Ĭharlotte Mecklenburg School District sent the following statement to WBTV, the station said:ĬMS is aware of an insensitive banner displayed by the Butler HS cheerleading squad prior to the school's football game versus Charlotte Catholic last Friday. Whether they are high school, elementary school, or middle school - they're children. She also emphasized to WBTV that among the most 'disturbing' aspects of the incident 'was it was children. Gabriel and in the Catholic School system because we teach kindness.'

'And it's not right, and that's why I am so proud to have him at St. 'I just said it's unfortunate that these things have to be discussed every day,' Swanson added to the station. I am a single mom, and I raise my son on my own, and we pay for that school and work hard to be there.'

Swanson continued to the station: 'And that's not the case - by no means. And she offered WBTV-TV her interpretation of the banner, which the Butler players ran through: 'Here we are at a rich, white high school, and they're all lucky. The station said Melissa Swanson and her son - who is a fourth-grader and biracial - attended Charlotte Catholic's home football game against Butler High School. Image source: YouTube screenshot What are the details?

The word 'privilege' was spelled out with white letters - and parents and other backers of Charlotte Catholic High School were furious and hurt over the banner, which the visiting Butler players ran through. Cheerleaders from a North Carolina high school held up a red banner before a football game Friday directed at their opponents - a Catholic high school - which read, 'Sniff, sniff.

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