June 1 (UPI) — A Massachusetts instructor was put on administrative leave after apparently staging a mock servant auction and utilizing a racial slur in a 5th grade class, according to a letter from the school’s superintendent.
The events happened at Margaret Neary Elementary School and were reported to Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough Superintendent Gregory Martineau in April.
Martineau on Wednesday sentout a letter to momsanddads detailing the event and actions the school district hasactually taken.
The unnamed instructor in January held an “impromptu mock servant auction” throughout a history lesson on the Atlantic servant trade. The instructor brought 2 Black trainees to the front of the class and had other trainees talkabout physical associates such as teeth and strength, according to the letter.
“Holding a mock servant auction is undesirable and breaks the district’s core worths,” Martineau composed. “Simulations or function plays when mentor about historic atrocities or injury are not suitable, and t