By Lisa Trow – Managing Editor – The Huntsville Item

HUNTSVILLE — Google “perseverance,” and you’ll find that praise for this quality is as old as the Bible and Plutarch and as fresh as football’s superstars.

Perseverance, the necessary grease of  the wheels of industry, is what it takes to get things done. So say philosophers, statesmen and entrepreneurs.

And so say the parents and advocates of African-American students who are concerned about discrimination and racial sensitivity at Huntsville Independent School District.

These advocates have become regular visitors to Huntsville Independent School District facilities and meetings of the HISD Board of Trustees to address their concerns about racial and ethnic sensitivity, equality and other issues — and to offer their solutions, some of which the district has adopted. Read more