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Eugene

(62,970 posts)
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 06:58 PM Jun 2017

Texas teacher let go for giving mock 'terrorist' award to student, 13 [View all]

See also in General Discussion: Another Texas school award: "Most likely to blend in with white people"

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Source: Reuters

U.S. | Wed Jun 7, 2017 | 5:58pm EDT

Texas teacher let go for giving mock 'terrorist' award to student, 13

A teacher at a Houston-area school is out of a job after presenting mock awards to seventh-grade students, including one for being "most likely to be a terrorist," the school district said on Wednesday.

"We have concluded our investigation and the teacher responsible is no longer employed by the district," the Channelview Independent School District said in a statement.

Officials at the district, about 15 miles east of Houston, did not name the teacher, or provide further details.

Lizeth Villanueva, 13, a student at Lance Corporal Anthony Aguirre Junior High School, told Houston television station Fox 26 she was shocked when she was received a certificate in late May at the end of the school year, adding the teacher thought it would be funny.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-student-idUSKBN18Y2IT
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