Novalee, a 9-year-old Minnesota girl, challenged the Lakeville Area School Board over the board’s decision to allow politics to take place at the school against the rules.
“The other day I was walking down the hallway at Lakeview Elementary School to give a teacher a retiring gift,” Novalee said in the video. “I looked up onto the wall and saw a BLM poster and an Amanda Gorman poster. In case you don’t know who that chick is, she’s some girl who did a poem at Biden’s so-called inauguration. I was so mad. I was told two weeks ago at this very meeting spot: no politics in school. I believed what you said at this meeting.”
She went on to add that when she informed her principal about the Black Lives Matter posters and demanded that they be removed, the principal not only refused, but also claimed that the posters were created by school board members.
“I was stunned. When I was here two weeks ago you told us to report any BLM in our schools,” Novalee claimed. “Apparently you know they are in our schools because you made the signs. I said there should be no BLM in schools, period. Doesn’t matter what color you make the posters and the fonts you use; we all understand the meaning: it is a political message about getting rid of police officers, rioting, burning buildings down while King Governor (Tim) Waltz just sits on his throne and watches. Changing the colors or the fonts of posters does not change the meaning. I am nine years old and I know that. You expect me to believe that you did not know what you were doing by making these posters? Come on, people.”
Novalee also stated that she does not judge individuals by their skin color, but rather by how they treat her and slammed the board members for failing to follow the rules, saying, “You have lied to me and I am very disappointed in all of you. You cannot even follow your own rules. If you were gonna do that, why do we follow any rules we deemed unfair or ridiculous? I’m not following your mask rule anymore then…Get the posters out of our schools. Courage is contagious so be courageous.”
Novalee even went ahead to quote Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech before the board. See below for Novalee’s speech.
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