BREAKING: Madison school district rescinds termination of staff member Marlon Anderson

BREAKING: Madison school district rescinds termination of staff member Marlon Anderson
Marlon Anderson.
By Jackson Danbeck, NBC15 Staff |
Posted: Mon 4:51 PM, Oct 21, 2019 |
Updated: Mon 6:18 PM, Oct 21, 2019


MADISON, Wis. (WMTV)-- The Madison school district has rescinded the termination of a staff member who was fired last week for using a racial slur.

According to a release from union Teachers Union Inc. on Monday, the Madison Metropolitan School District decided to rescind the termination of Anderson; that Anderson will be returned to pay status immediately including full benefits; and that Anderson will be on paid leave while a transition plan is finalized to return him to work.

Anderson was fired by the district last week after a black student said the n-word at him, and he repeated the racial slur when he told the teen not to use it.

At the time the district said Anderson was fired for violating its “zero-tolerance policy” for using the racial slur on school grounds.

The incident garnered national attention after hundreds of West High students protested the firing in a massive walkout last Friday. The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County meanwhile offered Anderson a temporary job, until the district gave him his old job back.

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