Lakeside High School’s parent council is meeting Friday at 4 p.m., days after Principal Jason Clyne was removed from the school and an investigation started into allegations he said racial slurs during a meeting with school staff.
Parents also may discuss some of the racial tension students, in taking to social media in the wake of Clyne’s removal, are saying has long existed at the school.
It started with a tweet that didn’t gain much traction in the fall: someone had spliced the Lakeside High School viking with the stars and bars, in Lakeside’s purple and gold colors.
Wednesday, after learning principal Jason Clyne was being investigated for allegedly using racial slurs during a meeting with school janitors and security guards, some students took to social media to decry race as an issue at the school.
Several black students said it was about time the issues came to light.
It didn’t end there, as a student with access to a friend’s Twitter account posted screen grabs of the teen’s conversation with another student. Both were white.
“There’s no proof (to what Clyne) did, but the n——— are freaking out,” one student says.
“N——— doing what n——— do best,” the other replied.
The students later apologized for what they had said, saying they did not intend harm. Other students on Twitter railed against them, saying the damage was done.
DeKalb School District officials have not said anything about the latest tweets.
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