Newton officials investigate letter sent to school employee as hateful act
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated February 23, 2021, 5:53 p.m.
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Black Lives Matter demonstrators on Washington Street in Newton last June protested the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers.Jim Davis/Globe Staff
Newton school officials said they are investigating a hateful letter sent late last month to a Brown Middle School staff member of color whose job includes developing Black History Month lessons in the building.
The letter was directly addressed to the Brown staff member, who picked it up in his school mailbox. Inside the envelope was a small note that consisted solely of the letters âALMâ in large block letters, which school officials said stood for âAll Lives Matter.â It did not have any signature. The staff member received the message Jan. 29.