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Davidson County teacher suspended over racial slur in classroom

A Davidson County high school teacher has been suspended after he allegedly wrote a racial slur on a class whiteboard.

With an investigation underway, school officials aren’t saying much about the incident at Ledford High School or the teacher involved.

On Monday a teacher allegedly wrote a racial slur, along with the name of a hate group and a vulgar term.

Davidson County Schools isn’t identifying the teacher.

In a statement released by email through Communications Director Tabitha Broadway, school system leaders called the writings abhorrent, appalling and unacceptable in any of the system’s classrooms. 

The statement went on to say that what happened is not reflective of the environment of respect and inclusiveness expected from students and staff alike.

School officials also issued an apology to students, parents, staff and community members.

Administrators will conduct an investigation to address the situation and prevent future occurrences, Broadway said.

 

Paul Garber is a Winston-Salem native and an award-winning reporter who began his journalism career with an internship at The High Point Enterprise in 1993. He has previously worked at The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The News and Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal, where he was the newspaper's first full-time multimedia reporter. He won the statewide Media and the Law award in 2000 and has also been recognized for his business, investigative and multimedia reporting. Paul earned a BA from Wake Forest University and has a Master's of Liberal Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in Lewisville.

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