Of course it was malicious,who the hell does the superintendent think he's fooling?
Every one of those 12 people has to be a Trump supporter who supports his anti-immigration policies and border wall otherwise they would not have been part of this.
How old were these children that were made to take part in the wall project?
I don't go for this sensitivity training bullshit as a punishment for teachers after they have been caught showing their true colors..all should be fired.
"Superintendent Josh Middleton posted a video on the district’s Facebook page on Friday morning denouncing the costumes, which were worn by staff at Middleton Heights Elementary School. He said he offers his “sincerest and deepest apologies” to the families and patrons of the district.
In a statement provided to the Statesman, Middleton said he was contacted Thursday evening by a parent who was concerned about the photos.
“We are better than this,” he said in the Facebook Live video. “We embrace all students. We have a responsibility to teach and reach all students — period.”
In its six hours online, the superintendent’s video has nearly 18,000 views and about 1,700 comments. The comments overwhelmingly denounce the district’s post and the photos, and many people commenting are calling for the staff in the photos to be fired or to be punished for wearing the costumes.
The photos were posted from the Middleton School District’s Facebook page with a caption that said, in part, “It was a great day to be a Heights Hawk! We celebrated our RESPECT character winners, single and double marathon runners.”
The photos are now circulating across Facebook and Twitter across the U.S. Idaho DACA Students’ Facebook page also posted the photos, noting that the costumes are disheartening, heartbreaking and not funny.
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One of the photos that circulated on social media Friday morning.
Screenshot via Facebook
Twelve Idaho-based advocacy groups and nonprofits, including the ACLU of Idaho, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Immigrant Justice Idaho and PODER of Idaho, sent a letter to the district’s superintendent Friday afternoon stating they were deeply concerned about the costumes.
“The intent or misjudgments of the individuals involved does not undo the trauma experienced by students, families and communities,” the letter states. “The impact on these students does not stay only with them but has lasting effects beyond the school or classroom. We believe the school and classrooms have now become hostile environments that are not conducive to the education of the students.”
The letter urged the district to review the State Board of Education’s policies and civil and human rights laws on discrimination and harassment.
“Do I think there was a malicious intent with this decision? No, I don’t,” the superintendent said in the video. “Was there a poor judgment involved? Absolutely. And we now have to own those decisions.”
District administrators are actively investigating the incident, he said.
“I was shown those photos and was deeply troubled by our staff members (who chose to) wear those costumes that were clearly insensitive and inappropriate,” Superintendent Middleton said. “... Our time right now is going to be devoted to investigating those events and those poor decisions that were made.”
In a Facebook post, the Middleton Police Department said it was stepping up patrols and presence near the school on Friday.
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"Twelve Idaho-based advocacy groups and nonprofits, including the ACLU of Idaho, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Immigrant Justice Idaho and PODER of Idaho, sent a letter to the district’s superintendent Friday afternoon stating they were deeply concerned about the costumes"
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https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/education/article221015995.html
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