District suspends teacher for assignment about slavery SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The South Fayette Township School District says they have suspended a teacher over a controversial social studies assignment on the topic of slavery. According to the district, a student alerted the administration to the piece of homework and they were then able to review it. “After taking these steps it was determined that the assignment is inappropriate, offensive and unacceptable,” reads a letter issued to parents and families in the district on Wednesday afternoon. Concerned students and parents reached out to KDKA about a 10th grade assignment titled “Is the slave trade profitable?”