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Last modified: Thursday, June 26, 2014
AMHERST The year started full of promise at Amherst Regional High School for advancing its reputation as a place that takes racial concerns to heart. But the year ended Thursday with anger, embarrassment and sorrow over a string of racial incidents that drove a black math teacher, Carolyn Gardner, to leave in May with supporters saying she felt stressed and ill over her treatment.
“This year was really hard,” said Samantha Camera, a social studies teacher who is white. “We are all heartbroken for Carolyn.”
But as difficult as it was to see the school become the subject of outside criticism, the racial incidents prompted classroom discussions that teachers say were invaluable. ....

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