By Jennifer Chambers | The Detroit Information
Litter bins have by no means been inside Midland Public Colleges and usually are not being utilized by college students, in line with the district’s superintendent who issued an announcement to households on Thursday to dispel rumors on social media.
Michael E. Sharrow, Midland Public Colleges superintendent, took to Fb to say a neighborhood member instructed the board of schooling on Dec. 20 that litter bins have been supplied inside scholar restrooms for many who establish themselves as “furries.”
Merriam-Webster defines a “furry” as “an individual who identifies with and enjoys dressing as an animal particularly as a member of a subculture dedicated to the observe.”
“Let me be clear on this communication. There isn't any reality in any way to this false assertion/accusation! There have by no means been litter bins inside MPS faculties,” Sharrow wrote.
“It's unconscionable that this afternoon I'm sending this communication, nevertheless, our Midland PS stakeholders could also be confused a couple of false message/accusation that has resurfaced this week and is gaining traction within the social media realm,” Sharrow wrote.
“It's such a supply of disappointment that I felt the need to speak this message to you,” Sharrow wrote.
“On this divisive/contentious world by which we at present discover ourselves, I ask that in the event you hear wild accusations that don’t sound like one thing by which your Midland Public Colleges Board of Schooling, Administration, District can be half, take a second to ship an MPSConnect message to me.”