Modesto School Principal Calling For Change After School Posts Photo Some Are Calling Offensive

MODESTO (CBS13) – A photograph being called “offensive” is circulating astatine a Modesto High School, and it has the main calling for change.

The photograph was re-posted connected the backstage school’s societal media page.

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“It’s perfectly ridiculous there’s nary bully excuse,” said 1 parent, Andrew Sampson.

It shows 2 students connected Halloween, 1 pupil dressed arsenic a constabulary officer, “arresting” different student, wearing a serape — a accepted awesome of Mexican culture.

Some parents are present questioning how​ this station ended up being shared connected the school’s ain societal media pages.

“I cognize it should not person happened,” Sampson said.

The schoolhouse Principal Bruce Sawyer says helium learned astir the incidental past week and the station was instantly taken down and promised large change.

In a statement, helium said, “Central Catholic High School volition enactment instantly to big workshops and discussions truthful that our students amended recognize what we expect successful presumption of sensitivity and kindness to each of our community.”

Parents are disappointed to perceive it took truthful agelong to instrumentality action, saying the divers assemblage is what drew them to this school.

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“With the diverseness here, it’s 1 of the things we similar astir here,” said Sampson.

President of the Latino Community Roundtable, Aaron Anguiano says the contented is bigger than 1 school, and 1 photo.

“The children mightiness not seizure the offensiveness of it due to the fact that they’re young. The unit and the schoolhouse should cognize better,” helium said.

He says each schoolhouse successful the territory needs taste sensitivity grooming for some unit and students, calling for diverseness worth and inclusion to beryllium a portion of the curriculum.

“Everybody has to admit the mistake, ain it, and determination forward,” she said.

Here is the afloat connection from Principal Bruce Sawyer:

“Last week I learned that inappropriate photos were posted to 1 of our Central Catholic societal media accounts. The photos picture students successful Halloween costumes and engaged successful behaviors that are violative and tally antagonistic to our school’s ngo to beryllium a spot that is welcoming and respectful to all.

I privation to connection my deepest apologies for this. I americium personally distressed not lone by the costumes, but americium disappointed that neither I nor our unit took due enactment erstwhile it was happening. And, of course, we indispensable code the information that these photos were posted to a schoolhouse account.

I guarantee you that we are addressing these questions successful a meaningful and focused way. While I cannot sermon unit matters successful detail, I tin archer you that I instrumentality this substance precise earnestly and mean to punctual everyone progressive of the responsibilities we person to unrecorded up to our promises of respect and attraction for each pupil and family.

Central Catholic High School volition enactment instantly to big workshops and discussions truthful that our students amended recognize what we expect successful presumption of sensitivity and kindness to each of our community. And, we volition behaviour an audit of each our societal media accounts to amended recognize however this could person occurred and to guarantee thing similar it happens successful the future. Further, I person called for Central Catholic High School to instrumentality caller societal media guidelines to guarantee that each posts connected each officially sanctioned societal media accounts are accordant with our schoolhouse values.

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These actions are the opening of however we code this matter, not the end. The enactment of surviving up to the standards we acceptable for ourselves is thing we indispensable bash daily, and always. At Central Catholic, we strive to clasp ourselves to the highest standards of societal responsibility, but successful this lawsuit we person fallen acold abbreviated and for that, I americium genuinely sorry.”