The Alamance-Burlington School System announced Friday the individual responsible for posting "inappropriate and insensitive" comments on social media is no longer employed by the Board of Education.The Board of Education will consider a policy revision on appropriate social media interactions next week, with recommendations from the Superintendent's Equity, Diversity and Opportunity Committee, ABSS said in a letter posted to its Facebook page. ABSS issued a response Saturday after the Alamance County NAACP said an employee posted "racially-charged language" on social media, calling the George Floyd protesters "animals."RELATED: Alamance NAACP, ABSS denounce actions of former teacher over "racially offensive language" on social mediaThe NAACP said the employee further asserted that protesters are not making a statement, "they are doing what comes natural" to animals. "Today we were made aware of inappropriate and insensitive comments about a recent serious issue posted on a social media site hosted by a local television network," school superintendent Bruce Benson said in a written statement. "The hurtful and upsetting comments were attributed to an individual employed by Alamance-Burlington Schools. Sadly, the message posted does not reflect our district’s core values and beliefs that we expect all of our employees to honor and uphold in service to our community and to our children. We appreciate those who have reached out to us with concern about the unacceptable nature of the sentiments expressed in last night’s post." Benson said the matter is being investigated by the district's Human Resources division.
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — The Alamance-Burlington School System announced Friday the individual responsible for posting "inappropriate and insensitive" comments on social media is no longer employed by the Board of Education.
The Board of Education will consider a policy revision on appropriate social media interactions next week, with recommendations from the Superintendent's Equity, Diversity and Opportunity Committee, ABSS said in a letter posted to its Facebook page.
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ABSS issued a response Saturday after the Alamance County NAACP said an employee posted "racially-charged language" on social media, calling the George Floyd protesters "animals."
RELATED: Alamance NAACP, ABSS denounce actions of former teacher over "racially offensive language" on social media
The NAACP said the employee further asserted that protesters are not making a statement, "they are doing what comes natural" to animals.
"Today we were made aware of inappropriate and insensitive comments about a recent serious issue posted on a social media site hosted by a local television network," school superintendent Bruce Benson said in a written statement. "The hurtful and upsetting comments were attributed to an individual employed by Alamance-Burlington Schools. Sadly, the message posted does not reflect our district’s core values and beliefs that we expect all of our employees to honor and uphold in service to our community and to our children. We appreciate those who have reached out to us with concern about the unacceptable nature of the sentiments expressed in last night’s post."
Benson said the matter is being investigated by the district's Human Resources division.
