Massachusetts parents are reeling after a fifth-grader discovered a racial slur in a school dictionary.
An outdated French-English dictionary at Tucker Elementary School in Milton was discovered to contain the N-word after a student read the word aloud in a French classroom.
The incident that stirred the community earlier this month saw parents looking for better from the school, which has already been caught up in racial controversy.
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Last week on Wednesday, parents arrived to pick up their children from the school wearing red shirts in an effort to show solidarity with Black students.
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Milton’s interim Superintendent John Phelan told the Globe that the district is working with parents and families to address the concerns raised and agreed to determine a plan of action.
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Phelan added that an investigation determined that staff had adhered to policies and procedures, though he told the outlet that district policies may be revised in response to the incident.
According to Phelan, the dictionary was removed from the classroom and a review of the other books within the school has been launched.
Parents, however, were frustrated by the schools response. According to the Globe, Tucker officials initially only notified parents of students within the French immersion program.
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