School Apologizes For Serving Fried Chicken, Watermelon At Lunch On Black History Month

In this Oct. 17, 2012 photo, cafeteria manager Mary Spears helps students make lunch selections at Scenic Park Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill) LOCAL TV OUT (KTU... In this Oct. 17, 2012 photo, cafeteria manager Mary Spears helps students make lunch selections at Scenic Park Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) MORE LESS
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CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — Officials at a Northern California private school are apologizing after a controversial lunch menu option to celebrate Black History Month.

Students at Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord wanted to come up with ways to observe the occasion during a lunchtime celebration Friday. But when the school announced a menu of fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon, other students and parents became offended.

KNTV-TV reports that school officials held an assembly on campus Wednesday to discuss the issue and also sent a letter apologizing to parents. Principal Nancy Libby wrote that the items were taken off of the menu and that the school doesn’t perpetrate racial stereotypes.

Libby also wrote the school will hold a diversity assembly for students and faculty.

Calls to the school were not immediately returned Thursday.

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