The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Monday that the board apologized last week to the predominantly black community that Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 School serves. The apology was prompted by board member Mark Brentley Sr., who is black. He wanted the apology to list reasons he believes expanding the school from a high school only have gotten off to a rocky start, including alleged racial segregation and the decision not to separate middle- and high school-aged students.
The school has also had turnover with administrators and scrapped a trimester system in addition to dropping single-gender classes after the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to sue.
The board debated more than an hour last Wednesday before passing a simple apology that didn't list Brentley's specific concerns.
