Five Iowa high school students are now facing discipline after posing for a picture wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods.
The students, who attend Creston Community High School, are now being investigated by the school. While Creston Community High Principal Bill Messerole would not give specifics on the action taken against the students, he did say that it was a “student discipline issue that has been dealt with.”
Messerole added that the investigation was still ongoing and that the school administrators were working out their response to the incident.
“I think we are in the spotlight now and I think it is up to us to be a model,” he said. “We have to do something. This is not OK.”
The principal added that he grew up in rural Iowa but has taught in diverse places such as Los Angeles and knows how damaging and hurtful Klan imagery is.
“There has certainly been something missing in how we present things to kids,” he told reporters. “We are going to have to do something different. … This is not our culture. This is not what we teach. This is not our community values.”
Police in the area are aware of the picture but are not currently investigating.
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