To the editor: New Ulm Public Schools does not support any act of aggression, disrespect, or intolerance towards any one person or community. What has occurred during and after recent games with St. Peter is horrible and not acceptable for our students and our community. Our school ...

To the editor: High school students sometimes make bad decisions. A bad decision is when a high school student does not turn in homework. Assaulting, bullying, and threatening visiting students are not, as Superintendent Bertrang claims, merely a “bad decision.” These are serious ...

To the editor: I read an article today (March 13) about a St. Peter student who was attacked during a basketball game for being gay. Now I've lived here in this town since 1999 and attended New Ulm High School for six years, during which the school system was slowly starting to be open with ...

To the editor: One New Ulm opposes prejudice of all kinds. We as an organization would like to collectively voice our disappointment over the recent actions of an individual on the New Ulm Basketball Team. This behavior is discrimination and can not be tolerated. As social workers, educators, ...

To the editor: Kids learn by example. This is the principle upon which education is based. Thus, we were appalled at the missed opportunity to learn from the recent discrimination of a St. Peter athlete by New Ulm students. According to the Star Tribune and Mankato Free Press, ongoing ...

To the editor: In light of the recent public homophobic acts by some of our New Ulm students, OUR kids, towards members of another community, it is beyond time to address the issues that brought us to this place. Is our town a space that allows and encourages this type of behavior? To anyone ...