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A Texas teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a picture of her standing above a student with her foot on his neck was released. The image resembled the act that led to George Floyd’s death.
On Wednesday, the Greenville Independent School District responded to the viral picture at Lamar Elementary School by apologizing to parents, Complex News reported.
“My initial thought when seeing the photo was actually disgust and concern for the child in the picture. Again it’s completely unacceptable, it’s completely out of the norm for our community and expectation that we have here at Greenville ISD,” Demtrus Liggins, the superintendent of the Greenville Independent School District, said. “Our community embraces diversity and we celebrate our differences here and we take the safety and dignity and respect of our students and staff very seriously. So to have something like this occur, although I do not have all the details for it since it’s under investig
Wednesday morning Greenville Independent School District sent an apology letter to parents after a picture surfaced on social media of a teacher with her foot on a Black student’s neck. The student’s mother said it was a ‘joke,’ wasn’t offended, and wants the teacher to keep her job; other family members feel different.
Liggins said he learned about the photo Tuesday night during a school board meeting and immediately had someone reach out to the family to make sure the child was okay.
“Our community embraces diversity and we celebrate our differences here and we take the safety and dignity and respect of our students and staff very seriously. So to have something like this occur, although I do not have all the details for it since it’s under investigation, there’s no excuse for it, Liggins said.
A Texas school has suspended a teacher after she staged a photo placing her foot on the neck of a black 11-year-old boy in the wake of Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict.
The unnamed teacher from Lamar Elementary in Greenville is on administrative leave after taking the photo with Zaelyn Jackson on Tuesday, the same day as the end of the trial into George Floyd s murder.
The employee, who is friends with Zaelyn s mother, texted the image to her, joking she could put her foot on his neck if he did not return an assignment.
A Texas school has suspended a teacher after she staged a photo placing her foot on the neck of a black 11-year-old boy in the wake of Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict