The Albany Unified School District has just notified parents that a second incident with hate-speech overtones has been uncovered this month at Albany High.
According to district Superintendent Val Williams, “administrators were notified that a group of seven ninth-graders had been engaging in Nazi salutes to each other when passing in the halls.”
Williams said the saluting had been going on for “several months.”
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She said the vice principal immediately “brought these students into the office, determined what occurred, contacted their parents and took appropriate action.”
The revelation comes just a week after officials disclosed that police were investigating a group of students who had allegedly created an Instagram account targeting African American students and an African American staff member. One photo reportedly showed a black doll alongside images of a Ku Klux Klan member, a torch and a noose.
Over the weekend, some 300 parents, students and others rallied outside Albany High in a public show of resisting bullying and racism.
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