Racial incident at West Port: 3 students face discipline after waving Confederate flags (FL)

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Others could be disciplined based on social media activity
By Joe Callahan
Published: Friday, January 29, 2016 at 5:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2016 at 5:20 p.m.

Three West Port High School students who taunted classmates on Thursday by waving Confederate flags during school will be disciplined, according to Marion County School District officials.

West Port High School Principal Jayne Ellspermann said moments after the white students — two boys and a girl — began taunting, an argument ensued and one black female student threw a punch at the taunters. Within a few minutes, teachers and the school's resource officer broke up the disturbance, which at that point was almost entirely verbal.

“Poor decisions of a few of our students led to this,” said Ellspermann, adding that she was pleased with the quick response from staff to keep things from escalating ...

http://www.ocala.com/article/20160129/ARTICLES/160129703

[TexasProgresive]

1. Thanks for the FL

It really is nice to know the location when reading. Sometimes the local media make it difficult to find what state they are in.