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Sat Jan 21, 2023, 06:37 AM Jan 2023

Killeen ISD investigating 'extremely disturbing' assignment distributed to students at Rancier ... [View all]

https://www.kwtx.com/2023/01/20/killeen-isd-investigating-extremely-disturbing-assignment-distributed-students-rancier-middle-school/

Killeen ISD investigating ‘extremely disturbing’ assignment distributed to students at Rancier Middle School

By KWTX Staff
Published: Jan. 20, 2023 at 11:20 AM EST|Updated: 19 hours ago

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Administrators at the Killeen Independent School District are investigating an “appalling and extremely disturbing” assignment administered to “a small group” of students earlier this week by a “now-former” Rancier Middle School teacher.

The district was notified on Jan. 18 and “immediately launched an investigation upon learning” of the assignment, said Killeen ISD Superintendent Dr. John Craft.

“I’d like to apologize. This is really atrocious and insensitive ... this is not acceptable societal behavior,” Craft said during a news conference streamed live on the KWTX News 10 Facebook page and online on KWTXtra.

Images obtained by KWTX show puzzle-like, word scramble, and coloring assignments with racial slurs and other insensitive language.

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