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The Ames Community School District is preparing for its Black Lives Matter Week of Action at School event, scheduled for Feb. 1-5.
One of the coloring books for the younger students to use is called “The Revolution is Always Now.”
Another coloring book lists a list of “demands.”
*End zero tolerance (restorative justice in all schools)
*Hire black teachers
*Mandate black history and ethnic studies
*Fund counselors, not cops