Superintendent Patterson apologizes for the blackface incident, acknowledging it as deeply offensive and pledging preventive measures. Fayette County’s school superintendent is apologizing after visitors in blackface entered a Whitewater High School volleyball game, calling the incident "deeply offensive" and pledging steps to ensure it does not happen again. According to MaxPreps, the school was playing LaGrange High School. "The presence of blackface was an act of profound insensitivity and the Fayette County school system failure to address it was unacceptable," Jackson said. None of the individuals in the picture are current Whitewater High School students.