SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- South Bend school officials have rejected a request by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to hold a rally in the Washington High School gym on Friday.

South Bend Community School Corp. board President Sheila Bergerson says Clinton’s visit would have interfered with the school day. She says plans called for juniors and seniors to attend the public rally.

School board members denied the request Wednesday night.

Bergerson says she worried that the school corporation would give the impression it was endorsing Clinton.

Clinton’s campaign says the location for her South Bend appearance has yet to be determined. She also plans events in Hammond, Fort Wayne, and Muncie on Friday and in Indianapolis and New Albany on Sunday.

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