Brilliant Debater Clashes with State Education Bureaucrats

may 7, 2003  11:24 am
Brilliant Debater Clashes with State Education Bureaucrats
Marcus Leach is a poor kid from one of Kansas City's worst neighborhoods, but his gangsta debate brilliance has universities across the country clamoring for him. Unfortunately, Leach's achievement is lost on state education activities bureaucrats, offended that his coach would try to break their rules to take her team to the most prestigious debate event in the country. Staff writer Joe Miller tells how Central High school's debate squad is losing its "War of Words." (First in a series)