Thread by @AsraNomani

1/NEWS🚨via Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "A disturbing, serious + painful matter happened on Jan. 29 at Brown Middle School that is really important for our community to understand + be aware of what took place." Read⬇️to learn what's 'disturbing' today
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2/"One of our terrific staff members of color, who has done amazing work preparing for black history month, working with students for several years + supporting staff in our anti-racism work has received in his mailbox something written that said in stickers and capitals 'ALM,'..

3/Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "...which stands for “All Lives Matter.” To be clear, that is a direct attack on a staff member who’s doing terrific work, who supports our antiracism work, and an attack on Black Lives Matter and our whole community in the values we hold dear..."

4/Superintendent of Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "The Newton Police were notified immediately and are investigating."

5/Newton Public Schools: "Brown [Middle School] principal, Kimberly Lysaght, is outraged + shared details with the community, the staff and brought in our director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Kathy Lopes, to work on healing with the Brown staff and the Brown community."

6/Superintendent of Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "It was shared with the students last Thursday + obviously we’ve got a lot of work to do as a community if one of our leaders in our anti-racism work can’t feel safe as he works on important School Committee and district goals."

7/Superintendent of Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "We are obviously doing what we can to support this staff member who feels a lot of pain and is really frightened and feels directly attacked."

8/Superintendent of Newton Public Schools, Mass.: "We stand with the Brown [Middle School] community. This is a reminder that this kind of hate doesn't just happen in other communities but can happen here in our city and our school district.”