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Racist language was spray-painted Wednesday on the side of Kirkwood High School. Similar messages were written on the side of North Kirkwood and Nipher middle school.
Updated at 4 p.m.
Vandals spray-painted racist messages on the outside of Kirkwood High School and both middle schools Wednesday, according to district administrators, the latest in a string of racial incidents in recent years in St. Louis County school districts.
A Kirkwood student reported the graffiti at the high school to building staff Wednesday evening. Some students resumed school this week on a hybrid schedule following winter break.
The N-word was spray-painted three times on the side of the school along with the name of a former school administrator who recently resigned and the word “rape,” according to video of the graffiti shared in a parents Facebook group. Michael Wade, who is white, resigned last month as assistant principal of the high school for health reasons, a distric