According to the North Carolina school, the teacher has since resigned and staff will undergo new training.
It added"racially insensitive words" were used by several children in the class and that there"was not appropriate redirection along with inappropriate response from the educator."
Once they did so, the teacher told them they would be her"field slaves" had the Constitution not been written. According to WITN, the message read:"As soon as we were made aware of each incident, we immediately took action. "These situations concern us too. Our school culture is built on one of acceptance, love, and respect to serve all children and their families. The inner workings of our school are surrounded by international effort to eliminate implicit and explicit bias."According to Winterville Charter Academy, 61 percent of the school's 661 students are Black or African American. The school said this is much higher than the state average of 24 percent.
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