Wayland Town Crier 2/2/18: ‘Cool Runnings’ movie generates debate at Wayland High School. The high school administration decided this week not to show a comedy about a Jamaican bobsledding team during the school’s annual Winter Week amid concerns about how the film portrayed the Jamaican men.
Wayland Student Press 2/5/18: WW ’18: Behind the cancellation of “Cool Runnings”. On Monday, Jan. 29, Student Council Co-Adviser Charlene Bishop sent an email to the entire school announcing that the student council had selected the film Cool Runnings for the annual Winter Week all-school movie. She stated that the film was “a light-hearted yet touching movie telling the true story of the journey of the first Jamaican men’s bobsled team.”
@justleon tweeted to Wayland High School this video message.
Fox 25 Boston 1/31/18: School cancels movie showing after student claims it’s “racially insensitive”. Drama at Wayland High School over a movie made 25 years ago about a famous Olympic bobsled team. The 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team pictured in Disney’s “Cool Runnings
