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Out Sports didn't look very hard for a comment. Or maybe if they had published it, the story might not have been picked up with as much furor by Vox, Advocate, HuffyPo...
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Floyd County Schools Superintendent Dr. Henry Webb, who only learned of Maldonado’s omission Wednesday morning, told USA TODAY High School Sports that the information his office has been able to determine indicates the omission was “sheer human error.”
“First off, the Floyd County School System holistically supports Dalton Maldonado just as we do all our students,” Webb said. “He is a great athlete and a great person. We are one of the only school districts in the country who put out a yearbook-style annual that covers every school in the system. That’s where this came up, and Dalton was featured in 15 photos throughout the book. We counted. He’s featured in the most spirited section and the school pride section and in multiple cases he’s pictured playing basketball, which makes sense because he was a great player for us. He was a very popular student, and we support him.
“After I learned of his omission this morning, I launched a full investigation. At this point, what I’ve been able to glean is that he was left out by sheer human error. There were other students left out of other activities as well, which happens in a district-wide publication like this. It’s unfortunate. If the investigation determines that the student was taken out of the section for some other reason, whoever is responsible will face swift and serious consequences.”
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http://usatodayhss.com/2015/dalton-m...yearbook-photo