Black students at this Missouri school are standing up after the district axed diversity programs...

Black students at Eureka High School are upset that the Rockwood School Board eliminated its diversity and inclusion programs and want the school board to replace their programs or implement new ones. The students say that racist incidents at their school are weighing on them and that they need more diversity programs, which are safe spaces for them.
Makenzie Watson wakes up every weekday at about 6:15 a.m. to catch the 7:30 a.m. school bus from south St. Louis to Eureka High School, about 45 minutes from her home. She is often uncomfortable and lonely at the predominately white school.

Watson and other Black students at the high school are desperately searching for ways to connect with each other, especially since the school district eliminated three diversity programs that gave students of color throughout the district a sense of community.

It is hard to express yourself as a Black student while going to schools in the Rockwood School District, said Watson, who has been in the district since kindergarten.