On the same day Trump supporters staged a coup at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to interrupt the confirmation of Joe Biden s 2020 election victory, several Kirkwood schools were tagged with racist graffiti.
Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, Kirkwood High School was vandalized with spray-painted racial slurs and hate speech about a retired staff member. Similar incidences were reported at both Nipher Middle School and North Kirkwood Middle School. I am saddened and disappointed to report that last night (Jan. 6), vandalism was reported on the campus of Kirkwood High School. The vandalism included racist and derogatory statements spray-painted on the exterior of the building. The administration immediately contacted the police. Overnight, district maintenance crews worked to clean the vandalism, Superintendent David Ulrich said in a statement the district released Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7.