Massachusetts teacher who held mock slave auction, used racial slur, placed on leave: school officials Fox News
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NYCpublicschoolstudentswalkedoutofclassesandananti-IsraelstagedaprotestattheDepartmentofEducationheadquartersattheTweedCourthouseinLowerManhattan,N.Y.,onFriday.(Credit:TheAssociatedPress)
AMassachusettselementaryschoolteacherhasbeenplacedonleavefollowingaseriesofincidentsinwhichsheheldamockslaveauctionandusedaracialslur,districtandschoolofficialssaidthisweek.
ThefifthgradeteacheratMargaretA.NearyElementarySchoolinSouthborough,atownabout30mileswestofBoston,wasnotnamedbyofficials.
SchoolPrincipalKathleenValentiwasalsoplacedonpaidleavefromMay6-16,DistrictSuperintendentGregoryMartineausaidinastatementthisweek.
MOMRAGESAGAINSTSCHOOLAFTERDAUGHTERWASBULLIEDINONLINE‘SLAVEAUCTION’:‘SERIOUSLACKOFUNDERSTANDING’
MartineausaidhefirstlearnedabouttheincidentsfromparentsinApril.ThefirstwasamockslaveauctionthatoccurredinJanuaryduringahistorylessononthetriangletrade.
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