By Kim Hilsenbeck
Simmering controversy over the role of “Dixie” as the school fight song at Jack C. Hays High bubbled up to the surface again in recent weeks following the deaths of nine members of a prominent black church in South Carolina at the hands of a white male.
As part of the fallout from that event, Hays CISD announced Tuesday “Dixie” will no longer be performed or played at any school sponsored event or over the PA system.
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