Connecticut School Employee Resigns After Video Surfaces of Her Using Racial Slur
"Someone who will use that sort of language in any setting, whether public or private, is not someone we want anywhere near our children," the school district said in a statement.
Image: Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut.
Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut.Google Maps
March 17, 2019, 2:12 PM EDT
By Janelle Griffith
A public school clerk in Connecticut has resigned after a video surfaced of her spitting at an African-American man and repeatedly referring to him using a racial slur on Friday night, officials said.
"We have become aware of video footage that appears to show an employee in our district engaged in abhorrent conduct," Hamden Public Schools said in a statement. "Specifically, the video appears to show the employee repeatedly calling an African-American man the N-word in a supermarket in East Haven."
The incident took place at a Shop Rite in East Haven.
The video, which has been widely shared on social media, also appears to show the woman spitting at the man as he was walking away from her in the presence of her children, the school district said.
Because her children were present, the district said it filed a Department of Children and Families report.
The woman resigned shortly after an investigatory meeting was scheduled, according to the district.
"The language the employee used in the video is in conflict with the values of the Hamden Public School System," the district said. "Someone who will use that sort of language in any setting, whether public or private, is not someone we want anywhere near our children."
The district said it hopes the woman's children receive support "after witnessing such a traumatic event."
Image: Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut.
Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut.Google Maps
March 17, 2019, 2:12 PM EDT
By Janelle Griffith
A public school clerk in Connecticut has resigned after a video surfaced of her spitting at an African-American man and repeatedly referring to him using a racial slur on Friday night, officials said.
"We have become aware of video footage that appears to show an employee in our district engaged in abhorrent conduct," Hamden Public Schools said in a statement. "Specifically, the video appears to show the employee repeatedly calling an African-American man the N-word in a supermarket in East Haven."
The incident took place at a Shop Rite in East Haven.
The video, which has been widely shared on social media, also appears to show the woman spitting at the man as he was walking away from her in the presence of her children, the school district said.
Because her children were present, the district said it filed a Department of Children and Families report.
The woman resigned shortly after an investigatory meeting was scheduled, according to the district.
"The language the employee used in the video is in conflict with the values of the Hamden Public School System," the district said. "Someone who will use that sort of language in any setting, whether public or private, is not someone we want anywhere near our children."
The district said it hopes the woman's children receive support "after witnessing such a traumatic event."
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