Elementary School In Michigan Ends Program After Field Trip Complaints

The AP (5/12) reports, "A program for African-American elementary students in Michigan has been disbanded after a field trip to meet a black rocket scientist that excluded children of other races. Ann Arbor Schools spokeswoman Liz Margolis tells AnnArbor.com that the 'Lunch Bunch' program at Dicken Elementary has ended." According to the AP, "Officials have said the field trip by 30 African-American students was intended to inspire them as part of a bigger push to close a persistent gap in test scores between black and white children," yet "when the students - mostly fifth-graders - returned, they were met with boos from some classmates who didn't go."