In a voice trembling with emotion, a Hmong graduate of the Madison School District returned his diploma on Monday night to protest a School Board member’s proposal to reconsider a decision to name a new school after a Hmong military leader.
Johnny Ly, who graduated from West High School in 2003 and now majors in political science at UW-Madison, was angered that board member Carol Carstensen earlier in the day said in an e-mail that the board needs to examine claims that Gen. Vang Pao ordered summary executions and was involved in drug trafficking.
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