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Tweet Emails exchanged between Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s staffers and SM East principal Karl Krawitz reveal that Krawitz challenged senior Emma Sullivan’s account of their meeting about her unflattering tweet, but did not make his position public because he wanted to protect Sullivan’s privacy. An email from Krawitz sent last Saturday, obtained by NBC Action [...]
Tweet SM East senior Emma Sullivan may have picked up thousands of supporters on the Internet — but her role in the past week’s controversy appears to be making life less than comfortable close to home. The national political news website Politico reported that Sullivan stayed home from school Monday on account of bullying via [...]
Tweet Now that the dust has settled around the Emma Sullivan/Sam Brownback/Karl Krawitz Twitter fracas, we’re wondering how you view the chain of events. In your opinion, who was most culpable for the incident: (By the way, if you missed Sullivan’s appearance on CNN yesterday, here’s the video:) At last check, Sullivan had picked [...]
Parent requests district produce records between administrators and Krawitz regarding Sullivan tweet
Tweet Statements from Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and the Shawnee Mission School District Monday certainly doused the flames of controversy that erupted over SM East senior Emma Sullivan’s unflattering tweet about the governor. But now one district mother is leading an expedition to sift through the ashes. Kathy Cook, executive director of Kansas Families for [...]
Tweet Six days, hundreds of news articles and several thousand provocative tweets later, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ended up being the one to issue the apology in the Emma Sullivan Twitter fracas. Brownback issued a statement to the media saying he was sorry for his staff’s “over-reaction” to Sullivan’s message: My staff over-reacted to this [...]
Tweet The Shawnee Mission School District issued the following statement Monday morning regarding SM East senior Emma Sullivan’s controversial anti-Brownback tweet. The statement says the district does not intend to pursue the matter and notes that Sullivan is “not required to write a letter of apology to the Governor”: SHAWNEE MISSION – District officials have [...]
Tweet Emma Sullivan says she won’t be attending Monday’s Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education meeting (she has to work), but has heard from several of her supporters that they plan on addressing the controversy surrounding her anti-Brownback tweet. Indeed, several people who’ve weighed in on the conversation surrounding the issue have lobbied for [...]
Tweet SM East senior Emma Sullivan expects she’ll get called back to principal Karl Krawitz’s office Monday. And when she does, she’s prepared to let Krawitz know she’s decided to take a stand: She won’t be writing a letter of apology to Gov. Sam Brownback’s office. The decision comes after a whirlwind holiday weekend over [...]
