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Headteacher Ms Karen Todd said she will retire early (Richard Avenue Primary School )
A primary school headteacher who appeared to blame “a small element of the Bangladeshi community” for increasing the spread of Covid at her primary school said she would retire early.
Parents campaigned for the removal of Karen Todd following a letter issued in November that claimed “mehendi nights in people’s homes, weddings, family visits, car-sharing were all happening against the law.”
Ms Todd, has been at Richard Avenue primary school in Sunderland for 23 years, of which she has spent 18 years as a head teacher.
Headteacher who appeared to blame Bangladeshi families for rising Covid cases to retire
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Sunderland headteacher who blamed Covid cases on Bangladeshi community to take early retirement
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Sunderland headteacher who blamed Covid cases on Bangladeshi community set to return
Karen Todd, headteacher at Richard Avenue Primary in Sunderland, caused widespread anger after alleging adults were attending weddings and hosting Mehndi nights
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Parents have shared their disbelief at the controversial return of a headteacher who appeared to blame Bangladeshi families for causing Covid infections at her school.