lot of criticism, both here in stone mountain georgia, where that school is headquartered, to all across the country. gorduek tells us she s, in fact received hundreds of angry e-mails and so far these apologies she s offered, for a lot of people they don t seem to be hitting the mark. those people upset not only about the racially charged remark, but also about her behavior throughout the entire ceremony. people tell us she was acting oddly from the very beginning, making individual personal comments about garage with thes as they walked across the crowd, oftentimes not very flattering calling that young man who stepped forward to take photo and video with his ipad a coward, among other things. the aunt of one of the graduates put it to me thusly this event is memorable for all the wrong reasons. absolutely. is it the case that some have indicated that she s had a history of racially insensitive remarks made? reporter: the parents that i spoke to of the graduates didn t
saying, frustrated with the prospect of ruining the once-in-a-lifetime ceremony, the graduates have worked so hard for, my emotions got the best of me and that is why i blurted out, you people are being so rude to not listen to this speech. i deeply apologize for my actions made in the emotional state of trying to let this last student finish his speech. gorduek told nbc news she might take a leave of absence following the incident. get your cell foepphones out. do you believe nancy gorduek s excuse for her comments? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. i ll bring you the results later on this the show. for more let me bring in sarah dollof of msnbc. how is the community reacting to this incident that happened at the graduation? reporter: good evening, dr. dyson. community reaction poured in fast and furious once those recordings of those comments went viral and she is facing a
you re paying this time. oh, you re paying on time today. in light of those demeaning remarks, what do you think should happen to principal gorduek? well i ve got mixed thoughts about that. i feel like when you re in a teaching field, you re supposed to be more positive. you know more bright. happier. like i said i don t think she needs to run a school per se. i would never suggest going to her school. and we really decided to put donte into that school at the last minute and it wasn t because he was a troubled kid and couldn t get through regular high school. it was the point of we had heard good things about her school from shiloh. so that s the reason why we put him in there. wow. and, you know someone made a comment about she s taken the kids in and these kids aren t struggling. it s not just that.