S. Philly High Asian Students End Boycott - Their Statement

Asian Americans students ended their boycott of South Philly High School on Wednesday. This occurred after an intense number of developments including a community rally to support the students, revelations that the current principal had had management problems in previous schools, the involvement of the city's Human Rights commission and a meeting with the school superintendent Arlene Ackerman and her apology.

PUBLIC STATEMENT from the Students

Through our trials and struggles, we pushed the school to hear us. We have made change by standing together. We are proud of what we have done. If something happens again after all this, we know that we have strong wills and we will stand together again.

We have came back to stand with more students. We want to start a dialogue with other student organizations. We will continue to work with the community organizations. The struggle will go on until all the demands are met. We won't give up. We ask everyone to continue to pay attention to what's going on at South Philadelphia High School. We hope that school can change their attitude for the benefits of all students. We thank our supporters. Without the support of everyone we could not go this far. We are excited for the future. We now believe in hope and change like president Obama.

We want a safe school for everyone. We want everyone to have a good education. This is not the end, but just the beginning of the fight for better futures and better educations for all races of students.