Elizabethton City Schools Superintendent Ed Alexander Is Speaking Out About A Controversial Sheet Of Paper A Student Brought Home From Harold McCormick Elementary School. The Third Grade Student Brought Home A Paper With Details Painting The Presidents On Mt. Rushmore As Racists. The Parent Contacted Several Organization about The Paper. Alexander Released A Statement On A Website Saying The Paper Was Background Material For A Teacher And The Student Found It And Took It Home. Alexander Said The Thought That Public Educators Would Deliberately Distribute Such Material Is Absolutely Absurd.