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Elk Grove Unified employee displaying Confederate flag no longer works for the district

Elk Grove Unified employee displaying Confederate flag no longer works for the district
DISTRICT IS DOG.IN >> MON WTEATKINS HAD JUST LOST -- LEFT THE POST OFFICE WH HEEN PULLED UP ALONGSIDE ANOTHER CAR AND SAW A CONFEDERATE FLAG FIND ON THE DASHBOARD. THEN HE NOTICED THE ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LOGO. >> WHY LOOK DOWN AND SAW THE LOGO, THE BLOOD WAS BOILING. I WOULD THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HOW DARE YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS PAST MONTH OF JUNE REPRESENTED THE MONTH OF FREEDOM OF THE SLAVES. FOR YOU ACTTO LIK IET’S OK TO RIDE AROUND WITH THAT SLLMA FLAG REPORTER: IN YOUR VEHICLE. REPORTER:MONTE HAS TWO YOUNG CHDRENIL WHO ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THAT DISTRICT. ITOE DSN’T WANT THEM AROUND EMPLOYEES WHO THINK THAT. HE GREW UP IN THE SOUTH AND REMEERMBS ALL TOO WELL THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS THAT LIKES BURRS UPS -- STORES UP. >> MY GRANDMA INHAT T -- IF THEY ARE AT THIS PLAN RALLY, THEY HAVE THESE CAUSES BURNING. WITH THAT FLAG HANGING NEXT TO IT. REPORTER:E HTOOK A MOMENT TO KAS HIMSELF IF IT WAS POSSIBLE THE TWO MEN IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE. >> THE FLAG WAS BASICALLY RIGHT BESIDE THE PASSENGERS NAME. -- PASSENGERS KNEE. HE KNEW IT WAS THERE. REPORT:ER THAT’S WHEN HE DECIDED HE HAD TO REPORTED TO THE ISTRICT. >> NT THING, MY EYE WAS CALLED BY THE CHIEF OF HR. HE SAID I’M VERY SORRY, WE DON’T CONDONE THIS TYPE OF ACTIVY.IT REPORT:ER THE DISTRICT ISSUEAD STATEMENT SAYING THE REPORT WAS IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATED AND A SMALL FLAG WAS FOUND. THE ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND BOTH EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN PLADCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. IT WENT ON TO SAY DISTRICT VEHICLES, LIKE THE DISTRICT CLASSROOMS MUST BE SEAF SPACES FOR STUDENTS AND ALL STAFF. AND IN ITEMS SUCH AS A CONFEDERATE FLAG FOUND IN THE DISTRICT BAN IS NOT TOLERA
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Elk Grove Unified employee displaying Confederate flag no longer works for the district
An Elk Grove Unified School District staff member who was displaying a Confederate flag on a district van no longer works for the district, officials said.In a statement released Friday, the district said it “learned about an employee who had placed a Confederate flag in a district van. This behavior was unacceptable and that employee no longer works for Elk Grove Unified.”The district also added that it will be taking appropriate action with “employees who did not stand up to report this intolerable behavior.”In June, a parent reported seeing the Confederate flag on a district van. After an investigation, the school district said it found a small flag inside the cabin. The employees involved were placed on leave shortly after. The identity of the employees involved was not released.

An Elk Grove Unified School District staff member who was displaying a Confederate flag on a district van no longer works for the district, officials said.

In a statement released Friday, the district said it “learned about an employee who had placed a Confederate flag in a district van. This behavior was unacceptable and that employee no longer works for Elk Grove Unified.”

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The district also added that it will be taking appropriate action with “employees who did not stand up to report this intolerable behavior.”

In June, a parent reported seeing the Confederate flag on a district van. After an investigation, the school district said it found a small flag inside the cabin. The employees involved were placed on leave shortly after.

The identity of the employees involved was not released.