Staff report

The vice president of the Wayne Central School District Board of Education has apologized for an insensitive Facebook post from his personal page, according to the school district.

The school has shared this message on its website from Philip McTigue: “It has recently been brought to my attention that one of my personal facebook (sic) posts has been shared with the general public. I understand that this post comes across as offensive and insensitive. This was by no means my intent.

“In all sincerity, I apologize for this post and will be much more conscientious of what I am posting in the future.”

The school district has declined further comment.

The exact date of the post is unknown, but McTigue posted it from Nashville, Tennessee. He says that "we are all Americans, which means most us have 10 to 20 pounds to lose." He then uses crass language to describe people who in his opinion are overweight, advising them to stop "stuffing ur fat (expletive) with cake at Ruby Tuesday.

"Furthermore," his rant continues, "don't sit next to me on the plane."

He then goes on to advise people to "stop giving money to the bag lady in front of Ruby Tuesday, there are help wanted signs in the store next door," McTigue wrote before closing with, "I hate people."

The Democrat and Chronicle is choosing not to publish the post in its entirety because of some of its inappropriate language.