Schools
60 Minutes Story to Include Woodbury High School
The segment, set to air Sunday, relates to the difficulties schools have teaching the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn.
South Washington County Schools announced this morning that 60 Minutes will air a story Sunday that features staff and students from .
The segment is about the difficulties schools have teaching Huckleberry Finn, which was the subject of an essay by Woodbury High School English instructor Karen Morrill-Bryan, who references the book’s language as an issue.
Crews from 60 Minutes contacted Woodbury High School in February and filmed a segment featuring staff and students as they explored the difficulties of the book, which is set before the abolition of slavery.
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The segment is set to air during the 6 p.m. broadcast of 60 Minutes on Sunday, March 20 on CBS.
In the announcement, District 833 wrote: “Neither Woodbury High School nor District 833 personnel were involved in the selection of footage for the piece, nor the direction the segment might take.”
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