Waco University High teacher resigns after racist social media post
A University High School teacher resigned Friday, two weeks after he posted a racist statement on Facebook referencing the Black Lives Matter movement, a Waco Independent School District administrator said.
Rick Fisk had worked for Waco ISD since 2004. When Fisk submitted his resignation, district officials were in the process of consulting with legal counsel to determine whether Fisk’s June 3 post violated the district’s social media policy and to consider any possible disciplinary actions, Waco ISD Chief of Staff Kyle DeBeer said. The post had circulated among colleagues, students and parents in the two days before district administrators were made aware of it June 5.
The post read: “Black lives don’t matter to black people unless killed by a white person. Y’all not ready for this conversation. Y’all kill each other all day everyday.”
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“I am requesting for no negative remarks to be entered in my file such as not being rehireable so that I may be able to seek other employment,” Fisk wrote in an email to the district regarding his immediate resignation. “I must be assured of this. I was finally able to delete all Facebook files as requested.”
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(Waco Tribune-Herald)
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