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Substitute teacher fired from McCormick after reporting hate speech, LCSD1 investigating
There have been three articles so far about the incident.
Racist, homophobic posters found at McCormick Junior High Wednesday morning
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 27, 2019
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This story is developing and will be updated.
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 27, 2019
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This story is developing and will be updated.
Racist, homophobic flyers passed out, GSA students bullied at McCormick Junior High
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 27, 2019 Updated Mar 28, 2019
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This story has been updated from a previous version with newly reported information.
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 27, 2019 Updated Mar 28, 2019
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This story has been updated from a previous version with newly reported information.
Substitute teacher fired from McCormick after reporting hate speech, LCSD1 investigating
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 28, 2019
CHEYENNE – A substitute teacher who co-sponsored the Gay Straight Alliance club at Cheyenne'e McCormick Junior High was fired shortly after news broke that anti-gay and racist flyers had been posted and distributed at the school.
Kaycee Cook said she received an email Wednesday afternoon from Principal Jeff Conine informing her she was terminated from her substitute position. She said she believes Conine took the action after she called members of Wyoming Equality, a local LGBTQ advocacy group, to tell them about the flyers.
Conine said Thursday he was not prepared to make a statement about the email. ... The email from Conine to Cook reads, “I am notifying you that due to incidents that have occurred at McCormick you are no longer welcome as a guest or a substitute teacher in our building.”
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According to a student at the school, a group of students calling themselves the “confederate kid club” has been bullying GSA students for weeks. Miniature confederate flags started popping up at McCormick about a week ago, according to the student, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons. ... She was a member of McCormick’s Gay Straight Alliance club, but no longer attends meetings. ... “I was in GSA until about four weeks ago, until it really started to get bad,” the student said. ... She said the bullying is coming from “a group of boys who said they were homophobes and racists.” ... “That’s what they call themselves,” she said.
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Morgan Hughes is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s education reporter. She can be reached at mhughes@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3181. Follow her on Twitter at @morganhwrites.
By Morgan Hughes Wyoming Tribune Eagle Mar 28, 2019
CHEYENNE – A substitute teacher who co-sponsored the Gay Straight Alliance club at Cheyenne'e McCormick Junior High was fired shortly after news broke that anti-gay and racist flyers had been posted and distributed at the school.
Kaycee Cook said she received an email Wednesday afternoon from Principal Jeff Conine informing her she was terminated from her substitute position. She said she believes Conine took the action after she called members of Wyoming Equality, a local LGBTQ advocacy group, to tell them about the flyers.
Conine said Thursday he was not prepared to make a statement about the email. ... The email from Conine to Cook reads, “I am notifying you that due to incidents that have occurred at McCormick you are no longer welcome as a guest or a substitute teacher in our building.”
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According to a student at the school, a group of students calling themselves the “confederate kid club” has been bullying GSA students for weeks. Miniature confederate flags started popping up at McCormick about a week ago, according to the student, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons. ... She was a member of McCormick’s Gay Straight Alliance club, but no longer attends meetings. ... “I was in GSA until about four weeks ago, until it really started to get bad,” the student said. ... She said the bullying is coming from “a group of boys who said they were homophobes and racists.” ... “That’s what they call themselves,” she said.
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Morgan Hughes is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s education reporter. She can be reached at mhughes@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3181. Follow her on Twitter at @morganhwrites.
