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This week in history: School revises plan for respect talk

April, 2000 After receiving 17 phone calls in opposition, Haines school superintendent Ron Erickson this week canceled a discussion of homophobia scheduled as part of an upcoming program on respect at Haines High School. Characterizing the calls as a “substantial groundswell of opposition,” Erickson said he scratched the discussion because he feared it would generate […]