A high school assistant principal’s Twitter re-posting that mocked interracial dating sparked a walkout by black and white students Monday who demanded the administrator be punished for the racist re-tweet.

Titled “Every White Girl’s Father’s Worst Nightmare” by an assistant principal at the Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Va., the re-tweet was posted above a pictures of bi-racial couples in formal dress, apparently going to a dance.

The students claimed that walking out of school in protest was the only way to get “someone’s attention” after their initial inquiries were ignored.

One student told 13 News Now that they “were not looking for the administrator to be fired, but simply to be punished to show that this action hasn’t gone unnoticed.”

The Norfolk School Board called this a “personnel” matter, according to the station, but the tweet and Twitter account have completely disappeared.

The school may have ignored the students, but NAACP did not.

A local branch initially condemned the re-tweet when it first appeared but on Tuesday, Joe W. Dillard, president of the Norfolk Branch of the NAACP identified the administrator who posted the tweet and issued this statement to the television station.

“We hold the administration accountable for their actions. We will not tolerate racism in this city and definitely not in the education system. Booker T. Washington High School is a fragile school; and the last thing we need in our community are students walking out of school in protest to racist administrators.

“The [residents] of Norfolk, the students of Norfolk and the Norfolk Branch NAACP ask for quick and just adjudication of Assistant Principal Amy Strickland’s behavior.”

See the video below from WVEC:

Booker T. Washington High School is a predominantly black public school with approximately 1400 students.

Norfolk Federation of Teachers President Thomas Calhoun also issued a statement on Tuesday, according to 13 News:

“I do think an NPS employee tweeting or retweeting this type of message is disturbing. I also think that the lack of urgency in which the school board and the administration addresses these types of issues adds to the problem. Sometimes they seem to be hoping the problem will go away or maybe no one will notice. I feel everyone would be better served if they would address issues before the news media, the public, the staff, and the students get involved and form their own opinions of what is going on. This is especially true when it comes to administrators. NPS Administration has always been more protective, secretive, and forgiving of its members than the other staff employees.”