An elementary school principal at a predominantly black school in western Florida has requested to be reassigned amid tension over a letter she sent instructing teachers to group white students in the same classroom. She then sent a similar letter to the students’ parents. In a meeting with parents Monday, Hoffman was reportedly asked why she wanted white students in the same classroom. Hoffman told them she wanted the students to be comfortable, parents told the Tampa Bay Times. “She didn’t think twice about disseminating it.”Read more:New report alleges decades of sexual abuse at elite Connecticut prep schoolA popular Virginia high school principal is back on the job.

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2017 10:52 UTC